Land-cover change within and around protected areas in a biodiversity hotspot

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 154-176

  Bailey, Karen M ^a   McCleery, Robert A ^a   Binford, Michael W ^a   Zweig, Christa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

land cover change; land use change; Landsat; protected area; southern Africa

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; VEGETATION COVER;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84960230891     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2015.1086905     Document Type: Article

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