CLUE-CR: An integrated multi-scale model to simulate land use change scenarios in Costa Rica

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 91, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 231-248

  Veldkamp, A ^a   Fresco, L O ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Cover model; Land use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030588732     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00158-1     Document Type: Article

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