A geospatial modeling framework for assessing biofuels-related land-use and land-cover change

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-26

  Li, Ruopu ^a   Guan, Qingfeng ^a   Merchant, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel crops; Biofuels; Corn; Land transformation model (LTM); Land use and land cover change (LULCC); North Dakota; Soybeans

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CULTIVATION; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORECASTING METHOD; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MAIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL FERTILITY; SOYBEAN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84864955850     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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