Mapping sensitivity to land degradation in Extremadura, SW Spain

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-144

  Contador, J F Lavado ^a   Schnabel, S ^a   Gomez Gutierrez A ^a   Pulido Fernandez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desertification; ESA index; Extremadura; Land degradation; MEDALUS; Spain; Validation

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; ESA INDEX; EXTREMADURA; LAND DEGRADATION; MEDALUS; SPAIN; VALIDATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; LAND USE;

DEGRADATION;

DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA; INDEX METHOD; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; MAPPING METHOD; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EXTREMADURA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 68649105742     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.884     Document Type: Article

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