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Potential Impacts of Overlapping Land-Use and Climate in a Sensitive Dryland: A Case Study of the Colorado Plateau, USA.
- Source :
- Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America; Oct2017, Vol. 98 Issue 4, p349-351, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The article discusses the impacts of overlapping land-use and climate on ecosystem services and landscape attributes in a sensitive dryland. It discusses temporal and spatial trends and projections for categories of land-use as well as aridification in the Colorado Plateau. It also discusses pressure of land- use and climate change on environmental resources. It presents the photographs of Canyonlands National Park, and Mesa Verde National Park.
- Subjects :
- LAND use
CLIMATOLOGY
ECOSYSTEMS
ARID regions
MESA Verde National Park (Colo.)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23276096
- Volume :
- 98
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 125422604
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1333