Projecting Land Use Changes by Integrating Site Suitability Analysis with Historic Land Use Change Dynamics in the Context of Increasing Demand for Wood Pellets in the Southern United States

Rising export of wood pellets from southern United States would bring more land under loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) at the expense of other competitive land uses. We developed an approach to project potential changes in existing land uses by integrating site suitability analysis with historical lan...

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Main Authors: Surendra Shrestha, Puneet Dwivedi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-10-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/8/10/381