Evolution of environmental quality and its response to human disturbances of the urban agglomeration in the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains

• Published in: Ecological indicators Vol. 153; p. 110481
• Main Authors: Yu, Tingting, Abulizi, Abudukeyimu, Xu, Zhonglin, Jiang, Jiao, Akbar, Adila, Ou, Bin, Xu, Fujin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: autocorrelation; cropland; ecosystems; Environmental quality; Human disturbances intensity; humans; principal component analysis; regression analysis; Remote sensing ecological index; topographic slope; Urban agglomeration; Remote sensing ecological index; Human disturbances intensity; Environmental quality; Urban agglomeration

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