Differentiating climate- and human-induced drivers of grassland degradation in the Liao River Basin, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  He, Chunyang ^a   Tian, Jie ^b   Gao, Bin ^a   Zhao, Yuanyuan ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Driving factors; Grassland degradation; Human activities; Liao River Basin; Residuals trend analysis

Indexed keywords

RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

DRIVING FACTORS; GRASSLAND DEGRADATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LIAO RIVER BASINS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASIN MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GRASSLAND; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NDVI; SUSTAINABILITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); PRECIPITATION; RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; RIVER;

CHINA; LIAOHE BASIN;

CHINA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; RIVERS;

EID: 84957413793     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4199-2     Document Type: Article

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