Exploring subtle land use and land cover changes: A framework for future landscape studies

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-266

  Houet, Thomas ^a   Loveland, Thomas R ^b   Hubert Moy, Laurence ^c   Gaucherel, Cédric ^d   Napton, Darrell ^e   Barnes, Christopher A ^f   Sayler, Kristi ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^d UMR AMAP   (France)

^e SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SGT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Backcasting; Brittany; Corn Belt; Forecasting; LULCC; Modelling; Prospective; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MAIZE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952741666     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9362-8     Document Type: Article

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