Heat wave mitigation of ecosystems in mountain areas — a case study of the Upper Yangtze River basin

Background Natural ecosystems, such as forests and grasslands, can mitigate heat waves, but research on heat wave mitigation in mountain ecosystems is lacking. Considering the upper reaches of the Yangtze River basin (URYB) as the study area, we first divided the URYB into mountainous and non-mounta...

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Main Authors: Yuxin Zhang, Bin Fu, Juying Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2022-12-01
Series:Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20964129.2022.2084459