Sep 12, 2002 ... formation, development, and maintenance of such ground patterns and their
interaction with vegetation is ..... south edge (Wang & Mi 1993, Zhu et al. 1995,
Nan et al. 2003). Therefore, the degradation ...... 1500 m a.s.l., mapped using the
BTS (Bottom Temperature of Snow) method (Ødegård et al. 1996 ... 
