Monitoring degradation in arid and semi-arid forests and woodlands: The case of the argan woodlands (Morocco)

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 777-786

  le Polain de Waroux, Yann ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Degradation; Drylands; Morocco; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; WOODLAND;

MOROCCO;

ARGANIA;

EID: 80052536010     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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