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A multiscale soil loss evaluation index

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Exploring the relationships between land use and soil erosion at different scales is a frontier research field and a hot spot topic in contemporary physical geography. Based on the scale-pattern-process theory in landscape ecology and with consideration of such influential factors as land use, topography, soil and rainfall, this paper applies the scale transition method to establishing a soil loss evaluation index at different scales and puts forward a research path and methodology for multiscale soil loss evaluation indices. The multiscale soil loss evaluation index is applied to the evaluation of relationships between land use and soil erosion and the research of soil erosion evaluation at multiple scales. It provides a new method for optimizing the design of regional land use patterns and integrated multiscale research.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Systems Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China

    Fu Bojie, Chen Liding, Lü Yihe & Wang De

  2. Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disaster of Ministry of Education; Institute of Resources Management, College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

    Zhao Wenwu

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Fu, B., Zhao, W., Chen, L. et al. A multiscale soil loss evaluation index. CHINESE SCI BULL 51, 448–456 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-006-0448-2

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