Distribution of natural and planted forests in the yanhe river catchment: Have we planted trees on the right sites?

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Shi, Haijing ^a   Wen, Zhongming ^a   Paull, David ^b   Jiao, Feng ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological management; Environmental heterogeneity; Loess Plateau; Planted forest; Potential natural vegetation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONSERVATION; EVAPORATION; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RESTORATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY; LOESS PLATEAU; NATURAL VEGETATION; PLANTED FOREST;

FORESTRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RAINFALL; SILVICULTURE; TREE PLANTING; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI; YANHE BASIN;

EID: 85002279729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7110258     Document Type: Article

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