Simulating the impact of human land use change on forest composition in the Great Plains agroecosystems with the Seedscape model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 163-176

  Easterling, William E ^a   Brandle, James R ^b   Hays, Cynthia J ^b   Guo, Qinfeng ^b   Guertin, David S ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Biodiversity; Gap models; Land use change; Riparian forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008916160     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00263-0     Document Type: Article

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