Wetland loss due to land use change in the Lower Paraná River Delta, Argentina

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 568, Issue , 2016, Pages 967-978

  Sica, Y V ^a,b   Quintana, R D ^b,c   Radeloff, V C ^d   Gavier Pizarro, G I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle grazing; Dams; Forestry; Freshwater marshes; Remote sensing; Wetland conversion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DAMS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; TIMBER; WATER;

BIO-PHYSICAL VARIABLES; BOOSTED REGRESSION TREES; CATTLE GRAZING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FRESHWATER MARSHES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; POPULATION CENTERS; SUSTAINABLE WETLANDS;

WETLANDS;

FRESH WATER;

DAM; FORESTRY; FRESHWATER; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSAT; MARSH; POLICY APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLAND;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; FORESTRY; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; MARSH; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PASTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGELAND; SOCIOECONOMICS; WETLAND;

ARGENTINA; PARANA DELTA;

BOS;

EID: 84977661401     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.200     Document Type: Article

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