Soil erosion and its response to the changes of precipitation and vegetation cover on the Loess Plateau

• Published in: Journal of geographical sciences Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 1091 - 1106
• Main Authors: Sun, Wenyi, Shao, Quanqin, Liu, Jiyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Asia; Bgi / Prodig; China; Climate change; Earth and Environmental Science; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Geography; Global warming; Gullies; Mountain regions; Nature Conservation; Physical Geography; Precipitation; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry; Soil erosion; Terrestrial ecosystems; Vegetation; Vegetation cover; 丘陵沟壑区; 中国黄土高原; 土壤侵蚀; 宁夏回族自治区; 植被变化; 水土流失; 通用土壤流失方程; 降水; China; Loess Plateau; China, People's Rep., Shanxi Prov; China, People's Rep., Loess Plateau; China, People's Rep., Gansu Prov; China, People's Rep., Shaanxi Prov; assessment; precipitation; vegetation cover; soil erosion; Loess Plateau; Precipitation; Soil erosion; Vegetation index; Vegetation; Plant cover; Space time; Ecological restoration; Water erosion

Soil erosion is a major threat to our terrestrial ecosystems and an important global environmental problem. The Loess Plateau in China is one of the regions that suffered more severe soil erosion and undergoing climate warming and drying in the past decades. The vegetation restoration named Grain-to...