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SUBMITTER: Tao S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4343146 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tao Shengli S Fang Jingyun J Zhao Xia X Zhao Shuqing S Shen Haihua H Hu Huifeng H Tang Zhiyao Z Wang Zhiheng Z Guo Qinghua Q
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20150202 7
Lakes are widely distributed on the Mongolian Plateau and, as critical water sources, have sustained Mongolian pastures for hundreds of years. However, the plateau has experienced significant lake shrinkage and grassland degradation during the past several decades. To quantify the changes in all of the lakes on the plateau and the associated driving factors, we performed a satellite-based survey using multitemporal Landsat images from the 1970s to 2000s, combined with ground-based censuses. Our ...[more]