Using conservation reserve program maps derived from satellite imagery to characterize landscape structure

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 141-156

  Egbert, Stephen L ^a   Park, Sunyurp ^a   Price, Kevin P ^a   Lee, Re Yang ^b   Wu, Jiaping ^c,e   Nellis, M Duane ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Conservation Reserve Program; Great Plains; Landscape metrics; Remote sensing; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; LAND USE; VEGETATION;

GRASSLAND;

AGRICULTURE;

CONSERVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE RESERVE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036900728     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(02)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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