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Modelling forest loss and other land use change dynamics in Ashanti Region of Ghana Cover

Modelling forest loss and other land use change dynamics in Ashanti Region of Ghana

Folia Forestalia Polonica
Volume 57 (2015): Issue 2 (June 2015)
By: Addo Koranteng and  Tomasz Zawila-Niedzwiecki  
Open Access
|Dec 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ffp-2015-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
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Language: English
Page range: 96 - 111
Submitted on: Feb 24, 2015
Accepted on: Jun 30, 2015
Published on: Dec 12, 2015
Published by: Forest Research Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Cellular Automata-Markov,
forest modelling,
GIS,
land use change,
remote sensing
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science,
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine

© 2015 Addo Koranteng, Tomasz Zawila-Niedzwiecki, published by Forest Research Institute
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