Analyzing the influence of landscape pattern change on ecological water requirements in an arid/semiarid region of China

• Published in: Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) Vol. 578; p. 124098
• Main Authors: Zhao, Fen, Li, Hui, Li, Chunhui, Cai, Yanpeng, Wang, Xuan, Liu, Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2019
• Subjects: anthropogenic activities; China; climate change; ecological function; ecological restoration; Ecological water requirements (EWRs); ecosystems; hydrology; issues and policy; land use; Land use/cover; Landscape indices; Landscape pattern; landscapes; meteorological data; nutrient transport; semiarid zones; soil; The middle main reaches of the Yellow River; vegetation; water requirement; water resources; watersheds; Yellow River; China; Yellow River; Ecological water requirements (EWRs); Landscape pattern; Landscape indices; The middle main reaches of the Yellow River; Land use/cover

•Calculating EWRs of vegetation the Penman-Monteith formula.•Quantitative analysis of correlation between landscape index and EWRs of vegetative ecosystem on different landscape scales.•The influences of landscape pattern changes on EWRs of vegetative ecosystem are obvious in an arid/semiarid region...