Ecosystem change assessment in the Three-river Headwater Region, China: Patterns, causes, and implications

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 24-36

  Jiang, Chong ^a,b,c   Zhang, Linbo ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate variability; Ecological rehabilitation; Ecosystem change; Ecosystem service; Three River Headwater Region (TRHR)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESTORATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

CHINA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ECOLOGICAL REHABILITATION; ECOSYSTEM CHANGES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HEAD WATERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HEADWATER; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATER EROSION; WATER RESOURCE;

AMES; CHINA; IOWA; MEKONG RIVER; UNITED STATES; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84966698999     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.05.011     Document Type: Article

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