The South China Karst, a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) natural heritage site, is one of the world’s most spectacular examples of humid tropical to subtropical karst landscapes.
Han Fu, Bihong Fu, Pilong Shi
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Hydrochemistry and stable isotopes (δ 18 O and δ 2 H) tools applied to the study of karst aquifers in Southern Mediterranean basin (Teboursouk area, NW Tunisia) [PDF]
Karst aquifers receive increasing attention in Mediterranean countries as they provide large supplies water used for drinkable and irrigation purposes as well as for electricity production.
Ayadi, Yosra +8 more
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The peak cluster depression is a concentrated distribution of karst rocky desertification hazards in southern China. Under special water and soil conditions, the bare peak cluster slopes are covered with dense evergreen forests.
Liang Li, Kangning Xiong
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The genetic diversity and geographical separation study of Oncomelania hupensis populations in mainland China using microsatellite loci [PDF]
© 2016 Guan et al. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in ...
Abe, EM +5 more
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Using Lidar Data to Analyse Sinkhole Characteristics Relevant for Understory Vegetation under Forest Cover\u2014Case Study of a High Karst Area in the Dinaric Mountains [PDF]
In this article, we investigate the potential for detection and characterization of sinkholes under dense forest cover by using airborne laser scanning data.
Igor, Dakskobler +4 more
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Le LiDAR : vers une meilleure connaissance des paysages du karst
When talking about water landscapes, rivers, coastlines or wetlands come to mind. However, apart from these “open” landscapes, there is a landscape that is often forgotten, that of the karst landscape shaped by the erosive action of water. This landscape
Kamila Bensaadi, Anne Hecker
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Seasonal changes in dry matter yield from Karst pastures as influenced by morphoclimatic features [PDF]
Pastures are strongly affected by local environmental variables in terms of their species richness, plant composition and herbage production. A multi-site monitoring study was conducted over three years to investigate the influence of morphoclimatic ...
Fazzini, Massimiliano +5 more
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Response of rural landscape disturbance changes to human activities in karst mountainous areas [PDF]
: Landscape patterns in mountainous areas with rapid economic development are strongly affected by multiple human activities. However, the changes in landscape disturbances across karst mountainous areas attributed to complex human activities remain ...
Huiqing Han +3 more
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Intermountain basins are the granaries of the karst mountains of southwest China. Revealing the process and trend of land-use transformation in typical mountainous “granaries” is of great significance to optimizing land-use, food security, and rural ...
Mei Chen +4 more
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Geomorphology of the Durmitor Mountains and surrounding plateau Jezerska Površ (Montenegro) [PDF]
The geomorphological map of the northeastern Durmitor Mountains and the plateau Jezerska Povrs. (1: 10,000, 47 km(2), Montenegro, Dinaric Alps) was prepared from an intensive fieldwork campaign and remote sensing analysis, and was compiled within a GIS ...
Annys, Klaas +5 more
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