Continuity and Distinction in Land Cover Across a Rural Stretch of the U.S.-Mexico Border

Human Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 509-526

  Soto Berelov, Mariela ^a   Madsen, Kenneth D ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use cover change; Remote sensing; Tohono O'odham; U.S. Mexico border; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; COMMON LAND; HOMOGENEITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION INDEX;

ARIZONA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960053679     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-011-9409-8     Document Type: Article

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