Regional and global patterns of population, land use, and land cover change: An overview of stressors and impacts

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-227

  Jarnagin, S Taylor ^a  

^a Landscape Ecology Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 8744268255     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.41.3.207     Document Type: Article

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