Land change variability and human-environment dynamics in the United States Great Plains

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 710-723

  Drummond, Mark A ^a   Auch, Roger F ^a   Karstensen, Krista A ^a   Sayler, Kristi L ^a   Taylor, Janis L ^b   Loveland, Thomas R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SGT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Great plains; Human environment system; Land management; Land cover change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; SATELLITE DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84855284322     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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