Improving the efficiency of conservation policies with the use of surrogates derived from remotely sensed and ancillary data

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-111

  Viña, Andrés ^a   Chen, Xiaodong ^b   Yang, Wu ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Li, Yu ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^c   Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cropland; Forest; Grain to Green program; Opportunity cost; Payment for ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

CROPLAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST; GRAIN-TO-GREEN PROGRAM; OPPORTUNITY COSTS;

ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SEED;

EFFICIENCY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE; LANDSLIDE; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SEEDLING; SOIL EROSION; SURROGATE METHOD;

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SEEDS;

CHINA;

EID: 84869862363     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.10.020     Document Type: Article

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