Journal of Geographical Sciences, Volume. 30, Issue 6, 867(2020)

Progress in watershed geography in the Yangtze River Basin and the affiliated ecological security perspective in the past 20 years, China

Yang GAO1...2,*, Junjie JIA1,2, Yao LU1,2, Xiaomin SUN1,2, Xuefa WEN1,2, Nianpeng HE1,2 and Tiantian YANG3 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1. Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2. College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3. School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, United States
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    Yang GAO, Junjie JIA, Yao LU, Xiaomin SUN, Xuefa WEN, Nianpeng HE, Tiantian YANG. Progress in watershed geography in the Yangtze River Basin and the affiliated ecological security perspective in the past 20 years, China[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(6): 867

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    Received: Sep. 20, 2019

    Accepted: Mar. 5, 2020

    Published Online: Sep. 30, 2020

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    DOI:10.1007/s11442-020-1759-y

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