Mapping the world's degraded lands

Applied Geography

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-21

  Gibbs, H K ^a   Salmon, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Degraded lands; Global agriculture; Land use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920105050     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.11.024     Document Type: Review

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