Historic landcover and recent landscape change in the North Indian River Lagoon Watershed, Florida, USA

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 198-215

  Duncan, Brean W ^a   Larson, Vickie L ^a,b   Schmalzer, Paul A ^a  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Historic landcover; Indian River Lagoon; Landcover change; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

FLORIDA; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242728720     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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