Evaluating the coupling effects of climate variability and vegetation restoration on ecosystems of the Loess Plateau, China

Land Use Policy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 134-148

  Jiang, Chong ^a,b,c   Zhang, Haiyan ^d   Tang, Zhipeng ^a   Labzovskii, Lev ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate variability; Coupling effects; Ecosystem change; Loess plateau; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 85029365120     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.08.019     Document Type: Article

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