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A Meta-Analysis of Global Urban Land Expansion

The conversion of Earth's land surface to urban uses is one of the most irreversible human impacts on the global biosphere. It drives the loss of farmland, affects local climate, fragments habitats, and threatens biodiversity. Here we present a meta-analysis of 326 studies that have used remote...

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Autores principales: Seto, Karen C., Fragkias, Michail, Güneralp, Burak, Reilly, Michael K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3158103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21876770
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023777