Farming the planet: 1. Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands in the year 2000

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Ramankutty, Navin ^a   Evan, Amato T ^b   Monfreda, Chad ^c   Foley, Jonathan A ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAND COVER; MODIS; PASTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 45449111176     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GB002952     Document Type: Article

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