Sustainability and historical land-use change in the Great Plains: The case of eastern Colorado

Great Plains Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-125

  Parton, William J ^a   Gutmann, Myron P ^b   Travis, William R ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cropland; Great Plains; Land use change; Population; Rangeland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; LAND USE CHANGE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037678706     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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