Creation of a high spatio-temporal resolution global database of continuous mangrove forest cover for the 21st century (CGMFC-21)

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 729-738

  Hamilton, Stuart E ^a   Casey, Daniel ^b  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Carbon emissions; GIS; Mangrove deforestation; Payments for ecosystem services; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DATABASE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; GIS; MANGROVE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84961683820     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12449     Document Type: Article

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