Land use in Ecuador: A statistical analysis at different aggregation levels

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 231-247

  De Koning, G H J ^a   Veldkamp, A ^a   Fresco, L O ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Ecuador; Land use; Multi scale analysis; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND USE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0031734182     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(98)00151-0     Document Type: Article

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