Evaluating the spatial uncertainty of future land abandonment in a mountain valley (Vicdessos, Pyrenees - France): Insights from model parameterization and experiments

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1095-1112

  Houet, Thomas ^a   Vacquié, Laure ^a   Sheeren, David ^b  

^a Laboratoire Geode   (France)

^b UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

Author keywords

Land abandonment; Land cover; Land management; Land use; Model; Mountainous reforestation; Scenario

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MODEL; MOUNTAIN REGION; PARAMETERIZATION; REFORESTATION; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VALLEY;

ARIEGE; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; VICDESSOS;

EID: 84943629367     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-014-3404-7     Document Type: Article

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