Biomass burning and broad-scale land-cover changes in Western Africa

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-209

  Ehrlich, Daniele ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^a,b   Malingreau, Jean Paul ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; ECOLOGICAL ZONES; LAND COVER CHANGE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WEST AFRICA;

BIOMASS; CALCULATIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; LAND USE; MAPS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

REMOTE SENSING;

BIOMAS BURNING; BIOMASS BURNING; COARSE RESOLUTION; DEVELOPING REGION; LAND COVER CHANGE; LANDCOVER CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION CHANGE;

AFRICA, (WEST);

EID: 0031205920     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(97)00002-3     Document Type: Article

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