Markov models of land cover dynamics in a southern Great Plains grassland region

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1383-1393

  Coppedge, Bryan R ^a,b   Engle, David M ^a   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Science and Math TCC WC   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Program; Fragmentation; Grassland; Juniper; Landscape; Oklahoma; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASSLAND; GYMNOSPERM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOODLAND;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 35349000736     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9116-4     Document Type: Article

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