Mapping contemporary global cropland and grassland distributions on a 5 × 5 minute resolution

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-190

  Klein Goldewijk, K ^a   Van Drecht, G ^a   Bouwman, A F ^a  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arable land; Cropland; DISCover; GLC2000; Land cover; Managed grassland; Permanent pasture; Seasonal land cover

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749095319     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17474230701622940     Document Type: Article

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