Three-dimensional stability of landslides based on local safety factor
YANG Tao;Man-chu Ronald YEUNG;YANG Bing;LIU Yong-jiang;YANG Yan-xin;School of Civil Engineering;Southwest Jiaotong University;MOE Key Laboratory of Transportation Tunnel Engineering;Department of Civil Engineering;California State Polytechnic University;Transportation Research Institute of Chongqing;

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Outlining a stepwise,multi-parameter debris flow monitoring and warning system:an example of application in Aizi Valley,China
CHEN Ning-sheng;Javed Iqbal TANOLI;HU Gui-sheng;WANG Feng-niang;YANG Cheng-lin;DING Hai-tao;HE Na;WANG Tao;Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment;Chinese Academy of Sciences;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences;Department of Earth Sciences;COMSATS Institute of Information Technology;

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The spatial distribution characteristics of shallow fissures of a landslide in the Wenchuan earthquake area
XU Xing-qian;SU Li-jun;LIU Chao;Key Laboratory of Mountain Hazards and Earth Surface Process;Chinese Academy of Sciences;Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment;Chinese Academy of Sciences;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences;CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences;

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Thinning effects on walnut stem and crown diameter growth and fruiting in the walnut-fruit forests of Kyrgyzstan
Jean-Pierre SORG;Zora Lea URECH;Davlet MAMADZHANOV;Maik REHNUS;Groupe de foresterie pour le développement;Department of Environmental Sciences;ETH Zurich;HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation;Laboratory of Forest Resources;Forest Research Institute;Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL;

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Rangeland degradation assessment in Kyrgyzstan:vegetation and soils as indicators of grazing pressure in Naryn Oblast
HOPPE Franziska;ZHUSUI KYZY Taalaigul;USUPBAEV Adilet;SCHICKHOFF Udo;CEN Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability;Institute of Geography;Laboratory of "Flora";Institute for Biology and Pedology;National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic;

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Assessing adaptability and response of vegetation to glacier recession in the afro-alpine moorland terrestrial ecosystem of Rwenzori Mountains
Tonny J.OYANA;Bob R.NAKILEZA;Spatial Analytics and Informatics Core;Department of Preventive Medicine;The University of Tennessee Health Science Center;Mountain Resource Centre;Department of Geography;Geo-informatics and Climate Sciences;Makerere University;

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Influence of ginseng cultivation under larch plantations on plant diversity and soil properties in Liaoning Province, Northeast China
LIU Wei-wei;LIU Mou-cheng;LI Wen-hua;ZENG Fan-shun;QU Yi;Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research;Chinese Academy of Sciences;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences;Liaoning Academy of Forestry;

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Ecological species groups and interspecific association of vegetation in natural recovery process at Xiejiadian landslide after 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
YANG Qing-wei;LIU Shou-jiang;HU Cui-hua;LIN Ye-bin;ZHANG Bin;LUO Ming-liang;PENG Hui-ling;National Inland Waterway Regulation Engineering Technology Research Center and School of River and Ocean Engineering;Chongqing Jiaotong University;School of Land and Resource;China West Normal University;Ecological Security and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province;Mianyang Normal University;

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Variations of bacterial and fungal communities along a primary successional chronosequence in the Hailuogou glacier retreat area(Gongga Mountain, SW China)
SUN Hong-yang;WU Yan-hong;ZHOU Jun;BING Hai-jian;Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation;Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment;Chinese Academy of Sciences;

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Water quality assessment of benthic diatom communities for water quality in the subalpine karstic lakes of Jiuzhaigou, a world heritage site in China
OUYANG Li-li;PAN Yang-dong;HUANG Cheng-min;TANG Ya;DU Jie;XIAO Wei-yang;Department of Environmental Science and Engineering;Sichuan University;Chengdu Academy of Environmental Sciences;Department of Environmental Science and Management;Portland State University;Jiuzhaigou Administrative Bureau;

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Potential effects of future adoption of the REDD mechanism as a preventive measure against deforestation and forest degradation in North Korea
Hong Chul PARK;Choong Hyeon OH;Korea National Park Research Institute;Korea National Park Service;Department of Biological and Environmental Science;Dongguk University;

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Changes in microbial community composition in the leaf litter of successional communities after volcanic eruptions of Mount Usu, northern Japan
Michiru OTAKI;Fumiko TAKEUCHI;Shiro TSUYUZAKI;Graduate School of Environmental Science;Hokkaido University;

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Effect of the inclined weak interlayers on the rainfall response of a bedded rock slope
LI Long-qi;JU Neng-pan;State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection;Chengdu University of Technology;College of Environment and Civil Engineering;Chengdu University of Technology;

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Changing human-environment interactions in medium mountains:the Apuseni Mts(Romania) as a case study
TELBISZ Tamás;IMECS Zoltán;MARI László;BOTTLIK Zsolt;Department of Physical Geography;E?tv?s University;Department of Geography in Hungarian;Babe?-Bolyai University;Department of Regional Science;E?tv?s University;

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Potentials of community-based tourism in transformations towards green economies after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in West China
TANG Yong;Department of Tourism Management and Development;College of Tourism and Urban-rural Planning;Chengdu University of Technology;

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GUIDE TO AUTHORS

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Cover Story

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