Dynamic changes of landscape connectivity for ecological lands and distance thresholds in the middle reaches of the Heihe River, Northwest China

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1715-1726

  Meng, Ji Jun ^a   Wang, Xiao Dong ^a   You, Nan Shan ^a   Zhu, Li Kai ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance threshold; Ecological land; Ecological security; Landscape connectivity; The middle reaches of the Heihe River

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PATCH DYNAMICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGIONAL SECURITY; THRESHOLD;

CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

CHINA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; RIVER; WETLAND;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; GRASSLAND; RIVERS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84986201019     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201606.015     Document Type: Article

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