Trajectory analysis of forest cover change in the tropical dry forest of Burkina Faso, West Africa

Landscape Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-320

  Ouedraogo, Issa ^a   Savadogo, Patrice ^a,b   Tigabu, Mulualem ^a   Cole, Roy ^c   Oden, Per Christer ^a   Ouadba, Jean Marie ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Dry forest; Fragstats; Land cover change; Landscape metrics

Indexed keywords

ASTER; DEFORESTATION; DETECTION METHOD; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; REFORESTATION; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 79961235457     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2011.564861     Document Type: Article

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