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Characterization of locations and extents of afforestation from the Grain for Green Project in China

Wenping YuanState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Xianglan LiCollege of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Shunlin LiangCollege of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;Department of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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Xuefeng CuiState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Wenjie DongState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Shuguang LiuUnited States Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Sioux Falls, SD, USA;State Engineering Laboratory of Southern Forestry Applied Ecology and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Jiangzhou XiaState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Yang ChenState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Dan LiuState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Wenquan ZhuState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Pages 221-229 | Received 19 Dec 2013, Accepted 09 Feb 2014, Published online: 14 Mar 2014

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