Late twentieth century land-cover change in the basin and range ecoregions of the United States

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 813-823

  Soulard, Christopher E ^a   Sleeter, Benjamin M ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Fire; Great Basin; Land use; Mojave; Sonoran

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869149394     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0296-3     Document Type: Article

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