Assessing ecological vulnerability in western China based on Time-Integrated NDVI data

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 533-545

  Jin, Jia ^a,b   Wang, Quan ^a,c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

adaptability; climate change; sensitivity; Time Integrated Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (TINDVI); vulnerability; western China

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PLANT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; NDVI; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84964864143     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: 21947783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40333-016-0048-1     Document Type: Article

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