Evaluation of the suitability of six drought indices in naturally growing, transitional vegetation zones in Inner Mongolia (China)

• Yuqing Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yuqing Wang, Chengfu Zhang, Fan-Rui Meng, Charles P.-A. Bourque, Cunhou Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation College of Desert Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, P.R. China

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• Chengfu Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yuqing Wang, Chengfu Zhang, Fan-Rui Meng, Charles P.-A. Bourque, Cunhou Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ch893169@dal.ca

  Affiliation College of Desert Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, P.R. China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8259-7872

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• Fan-Rui Meng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yuqing Wang, Chengfu Zhang, Fan-Rui Meng, Charles P.-A. Bourque, Cunhou Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

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• Charles P.-A. Bourque ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yuqing Wang, Chengfu Zhang, Fan-Rui Meng, Charles P.-A. Bourque, Cunhou Zhang

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

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• Cunhou Zhang

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yuqing Wang, Chengfu Zhang, Fan-Rui Meng, Charles P.-A. Bourque, Cunhou Zhang

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation The Ecology and Agriculture Centre of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, P.R. China

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