Deforestation and landscape structure changes related to socioeconomic dynamics and climate change in Zagros forests

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-340

  Henareh Khalyani, Azad ^a   Mayer, Audrey L ^a   Falkowski, Michael J ^a   Muralidharan, Daya ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; deforestation; population; spatial patterns; Zagros

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

IRAN; ZAGROS;

EID: 84880417068     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2012.667451     Document Type: Article

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