Modeling the effects of land use on the quality of water, air, noise, and habitat for a five-county region in Georgia

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Dale, Virginia H ^a   Akhtar, Farhan ^a   Aldridge, Matthrew ^b   Baskaran, Latha ^c   Berry, Michael ^b   Browne, Murray ^b   Chang, Michael ^a   Efroymson, Rebecca ^c   Garten Jr , Charles ^c   Lingerfelt, Eric ^c   Stewart, Catherine ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Aberdeen Proving Ground   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gopher tortoise; Land use; Landscape change; Longleaf pine; Nutrient export; Red cockaded Woodpecker; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MODELING; NITROGEN; NOISE; PHOSPHORUS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

FORT BENNING; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; VICIA SATIVA;

EID: 50149083106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02338-130110     Document Type: Article

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