Identifying nascent wetland forest conversion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-43

  Bwangoy, Jean Robert B ^a   Hansen, Matthew C ^b   Potapov, Peter ^b   Turubanova, Svetlana ^b   Lumbuenamo, Raymond S ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Worldwide Fund for Nature CARPO   (Congo)

Author keywords

Arable land; Climatic optimum; Congo Basin; Cuvette Centrale; Landsat; PALSAR; Potential vegetation cover; Radar; Remote sensing; SRTM; Swamp forest; Terra firma; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LANDSAT; MAPPING METHOD; PALSAR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; RISK FACTOR; SATELLITE DATA; SWAMP; TERRITORY; VEGETATION COVER; VULNERABILITY; WETLAND;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 84873749298     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-012-9277-z     Document Type: Article

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