Factors driving land use change and forest distribution on the coastal plain of Mississippi, USA

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-64

  Schweizer, Peter E ^a   Matlack, Glenn R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Agriculture; Land use history; Pinus palustris; Succession; Urban expansion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; ANTENNAS; ECONOMICS; EXPANSION; HARDWOODS; LAND USE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; REFORESTATION; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ABANDONMENT; LAND USE HISTORY; PINUS PALUSTRIS; SUCCESSION; URBAN EXPANSION;

LANDFORMS;

ABANDONED LAND; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL PLAIN; CONIFEROUS TREE; LAND USE CHANGE; MIXED FOREST; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUCCESSION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN GROWTH;

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; HARDWOODS; LAND USE; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84888029372     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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