Characteristics and construction of landscape ecology in arid regions

• Published in: Chinese geographical science Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 13 - 19
• Main Authors: Cheng, Guo-dong, Xiao, Du-ning, Wang, Gen-xu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.03.2000; State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering ResearchInstitute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences , Lanzhou 730000, P. R . China; Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology , the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110015, P. R. China%State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering ResearchInstitute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences , Lanzhou 730000, P. R . China
• Subjects: Agriculture; Arid zones; Ecosystems; Heterogeneity; Landscape ecology; Spatial distribution; Sustainable development; Water resources; China, People's Rep; landscape planning; landscape ecology; ecological construction; arid regions

This paper analyzes the characteristics of the landscape structures and landacape ecological processes in arid regions of China. Landscape structure is simplicity and homogeneity with the pattern of desert-oasis-river and canal corridor. The spatial distribution of landscape heterogeneity mosaics is...