National land-cover pattern data

Kurt H. Riitters; James D. Wickham; James E. Vogelmann; K. Bruce Jones

National land-cover pattern data

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Authors:	Kurt H. Riitters, James D. Wickham, James E. Vogelmann, K. Bruce Jones
Year:	2000
Type:	Scientific Journal
Station:	Southern Research Station
Source:	Ecology 81: 604

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Abstract

Land cover and its spatial patterns are key ingredients in ecological studies that consider large regions and the impacts of human activities. Because humanity is a principal driver of land-cover change over large regions (Turner et al. 1990), land-cover data provide direct measures of human activity, and both direct and indirect measures of ecological conditions within human-dominated landscapes (O'Neill et al. 1997). Thus, incorporating land-cover information is a way to place humans directly into regional ecological models and assessments.

Citation

Riitters, Kurt H.; Wickham, James D.; Vogelmann, James E.; Jones, K. Bruce. 2000. National land-cover pattern data. Ecology 81: 604