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SUBMITTER: Ma K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3479119 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ma Kun K You Liangzhi L Liu Junguo J Zhang Mingxiang M
PloS one 20121023 10
Wetlands play important ecological, economic, and cultural roles in societies around the world. However, wetland degradation has become a serious ecological issue, raising the global sustainability concern. An accurate wetland map is essential for wetland management. Here we used a fuzzy method to create a hybrid wetland map for China through the combination of five existing wetlands datasets, including four spatially explicit wetland distribution data and one wetland census. Our results show th ...[more]