Spatially explicit land-use and land-cover scenarios for the Great Plains of the United States

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 153, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  Sohl, Terry L ^a   Sleeter, Benjamin M ^b   Sayler, Kristi L ^a   Bouchard, Michelle A ^c   Reker, Ryan R ^c   Bennett, Stacie L ^d   Sleeter, Rachel R ^b   Kanengieter, Ronald L ^d   Zhu, Zhiliang ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ARTS   (United States)

^d SGT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Plains; Land cover; Land use; Modeling; Scenario; United States

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOREGION; GRAZING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PRAIRIE; WETLAND;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858952183     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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