Effects of conservation policy on China's forest recovery

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Viña, Andrés ^a   McConnell, William J ^a   Yang, Hongbo ^a   Xu, Zhenci ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RECOVERY;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CONSERVATION POLICY; FOREST CONSERVATION; GOVERNMENT STATISTICS; INTERNATIONAL CALLS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; OFFICIAL STATISTICS;

FORESTRY;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84975169641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500965     Document Type: Article

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