A new land-cover map of Africa for the year 2000

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 861-877

  Mayaux, Philippe ^a,b   Bartholomé, Etienne ^a,b   Fritz, Steffen ^a,c   Belward, Alan ^a,d  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Land cover; Mapping; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GIS; LAND COVER; MAP; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA;

EID: 2542446633     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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