Climate change and forest management: Adaptation of geospatial technologies

2015 4th International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics, Agro-Geoinformatics 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 209-214

  Mahabir, Ron ^a   Shrestha, Ranjay M ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate Change; Geospatial Technology; Sustainable Forest Management

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COMPLETE SOLUTIONS; CRITICAL COMPONENT; FUTURE CLIMATE; GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HUMAN INTERACTIONS; INTERNATIONAL SCALE; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84960455260     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/Agro-Geoinformatics.2015.7248108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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