Monitoring forest change in landscapes under-going rapid energy development: Challenges and new perspectives

Land

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 617-638

  Pickell, Paul D ^a   Gergel, Sarah E ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Andison, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Bandaloop Landscape Ecosystem Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Anthropogenic disturbance; Bakken shale; Disturbance detection; Disturbance regime; Forest land use; Landscape structure; North America; Oil and gas; Oil sands; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911379919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/land3030617     Document Type: Review

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