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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework
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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework

Published on: July 24, 2016

[Land use/cover change during lately 50 years in Three Gorges Reservoir Area]

Huai-Yong Shao1, Wei Xian, Wu-Nian Yang

  • 1Key Laboratory of Information Technology & Application of Land and Resources of Land and Resources Ministry, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China. sdhuaiyong@126.com

Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao = the Journal of Applied Ecology
|May 10, 2008
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