Measuring Cropland Change: A Cautionary Tale

Papers in Applied Geography

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-72

  Laingen, Chris ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cropland; land use and land cover change; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945397839     PISSN: 23754931     EISSN: 2375494X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23754931.2015.1009305     Document Type: Article

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