Vegetation changes in recent large-scale ecological restoration projects and subsequent impact on water resources in China's Loess Plateau

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 569-570, Issue , 2016, Pages 1032-1039

  Li, Shuai ^a   Liang, Wei ^a,b   Fu, Bojie ^b   Lü, Yihe ^b   Fu, Shuyi ^a   Wang, Shuai ^b   Su, Huimin ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Loess Plateau; Runoff; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LANDFORMS; RESTORATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GRAIN FOR GREEN PROJECTS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LOESS PLATEAU; LONG-TERM CONTINUOUS MONITORING; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; VEGETATION CHANGE;

WATER RESOURCES;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RUNOFF; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI;

EID: 84977126873     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.141     Document Type: Article

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