Land use and land cover change in the North Central Appalachians ecoregion

Pennsylvania Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 46-66

  Napton, Darrell E ^a   Sohl, Terry L ^b   Auch, Roger F ^b   Loveland, Thomas R ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving forces; Land cover; Land use; Land use dynamics; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECOREGION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642528388     PISSN: 05535980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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