Quantifying the effectiveness of ecological restoration projects on long-term vegetation dynamics in the karst regions of Southwest China

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 54, Issue , 2017, Pages 105-113

  Tong, Xiaowei ^a,b,c   Wang, Kelin ^a,b   Yue, Yuemin ^a,b   Brandt, Martin ^d   Liu, Bo ^e   Zhang, Chunhua ^f   Liao, Chujie ^a,b,c   Fensholt, Rasmus ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration projects; Growing season NDVI; Restrend; Rocky desertification

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GROWING SEASON; KARST; NATURE CONSERVATION; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; GUIZHOU; YUNNAN;

EID: 85018197503     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.09.013     Document Type: Article

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