Effects of land cover and regional climate variations on long-term spatiotemporal changes in sagebrush ecosystems

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 378-396

  Xian, George ^a   Homer, Collin ^a   Aldridge, Cameron ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUB;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 84860117436     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.49.3.378     Document Type: Article

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