Developing a dataset to assess ecosystem services in the Midwest United States

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 681-695

  Mehaffey, Megan ^a   van Remortel, Rick ^b   Smith, Elizabeth ^a   Bruins, Randy ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information science; Land use and land cover; Landscape ecology; Vegetation mapping and modeling

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ETHANOL; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAIZE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79957863720     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2010.497148     Document Type: Article

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