Title: Research on Wetland Landscape Ecology in Arid and Semi-arid Areas in Northwest China
Abstract: Wetlands are ecological landscapes with abundant biodiversity and play important ecological functions.Wetland ecosystems have been proved to be one of ecosystems which are seriously endangered and degraded,and most wetlands have been transformed or lost because of both natural and anthropogenic impacts.In this paper,static research,dynamic research and application research in arid and semi-arid areas in northwest of China are reviewed,and key research fields in the future such as multifunctional wetland landscapes,quantitive relationship between changes of wetland landscapes and their ecological effects,and relationship between changes of wetland landscapes and global climate changes are finally pointed out.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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