Comparing current and desired ecological conditions at a landscape scale in the cumberland plateau and mountains, USA

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 169-189

  Druckenbrod, D L ^a   Dale, V H ^b   Olsen, L M ^b  

^a LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Landscape conservation; Mixed mesophytic forests; Predictive vegetation mapping; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983005053     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17474230601079480     Document Type: Article

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