Effect of ecological restoration and climate change on ecosystems: a case study in the Three-Rivers Headwater Region, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Jiang, Chong ^a,b   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

Climate change; Ecological restoration; Ecosystem change; Ecosystem service; Three Rivers Headwater Region, China

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EROSION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESTORATION; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; STORMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER TOWERS; WATERSHEDS; WIND;

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ECOSYSTEM CHANGES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES; MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS; THREE-RIVERS HEADWATER REGIONS; YANGTZE RIVER BASIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

FRESH WATER; RAIN; SOIL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT QUALITY; HEADWATER; NATURE RESERVE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLACIER; GRASSLAND; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SOIL; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND; WIND; CHEMISTRY; ICE COVER; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA; MEKONG BASIN; YANGTZE BASIN; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GRASSLAND; ICE COVER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; RIVERS; SOIL; WETLANDS; WIND;

EID: 84973311499     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5368-2     Document Type: Article

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