Land-cover/use transitions in the binational Tijuana River watershed during a period of rapid industrialization

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-116

  Ojeda Revah, L ^a   Bocco, G ^b   Ezcurra, E ^c   Espejel, I ^d  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^c SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Binational watershed; Geographic information systems; Mexico; Transition model; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049108724     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2007-7-18331     Document Type: Article

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