Land-cover assessment of conservation and buffer zones in the BOSAWAS Natural Resource Reserve of Nicaragua

Environmental Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 252-262

  Smith, Jonathan H ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Land cover; Land use; Nicaragua; Protected areas; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; WATERSHEDS;

LAND-COVER ASSESMENT;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

BUFFER ZONE; LAND COVER; LAND USE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND COVER; LAND USE; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; WATERSHED; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

NICARAGUA;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; NICARAGUA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0038137402     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2774-8     Document Type: Article

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