Uncertainties in global-scale reconstructions of historical land use: An illustration using the HYDE data set

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 861-877

  Klein Goldewijk, Kees ^a,b,c   Verburg, Peter H ^c  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Global; Historic land use; Land cover; Reconstructions; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84876990444     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9877-x     Document Type: Article

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