Exploring the spatio-temporal impacts of farmland reforestation on ecological connectivity using circuit theory: A case study in the agro-pastoral ecotone of North China

Xiaojing LIU; Dianfeng LIU; Hongzhuo ZHAO; Jianhua HE; Yaolin LIU

doi:10.1007/s11442-020-1790-z

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