Systematic and random transitions of land-cover types in Burkina Faso, West Africa

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5229-5245

  Ouedraogo, Issa ^a   Savadogo, Patrice ^a,b   Tigabu, Mulualem ^a   Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril ^a   Odén, Per Christer ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; RANDOM PROCESSES;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; FOREST TRANSITION; LAND USE PLANNING; LAND-COVER TYPES; RANDOM TRANSITION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC PROCESS; TRANSITION MATRICES;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUBLAND; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TRANSITION ZONE; WOODLAND;

FORESTRY; LAND USE; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 80053111181     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.495095     Document Type: Article

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