Trajectories in land use change around U.S. National Parks and challenges and opportunities for management

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3299-3316

  Davis, Cory R ^a   Hansen, Andrew J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Ecosystem; Land use change; Management; National park; Protected area

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUFFER ZONE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MONITORING; NATIONAL PARK; PARK MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITIZATION; TIME SERIES; TRAJECTORY; TYPOLOGY; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84555203708     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2404.1     Document Type: Article

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