Monitoring land cover changes in African protected areas in the 21st century

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-37

  Gross, D ^a,b   Dubois, G ^a   Pekel, J F ^a   Mayaux, P ^a   Holmgren, M ^b   Prins, H H T ^b   Rondinini, C ^c   Boitani, L ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Land use change; MODIS; Natural reserve; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND COVER; MODIS; NATURE RESERVE; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84875260647     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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