Land use mapping error introduces strongly-localised, scale-dependent uncertainty into land use and ecosystem services modelling

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-74

  Dong, Ming ^a,b   Bryan, Brett A ^b   Connor, Jeffery D ^b   Nolan, Martin ^b   Gao, Lei ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SURVEYING AND MAPPING   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Error propagation; Land cover; Land use; Modelling; Remote sensing; Sensitivity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938858470     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.07.006     Document Type: Article

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