Land Cover and Land Use Change in the US Prairie Pothole Region Using the USDA Cropland Data Layer

The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) is a biotically important region of grassland, wetland, and cropland that traverses the Canada-US border. Significant amounts of grasslands and wetlands within the PPR have been converted to croplands in recent years due to increasing demand for biofuels. We characte...

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Main Authors: Woubet G. Alemu, Geoffrey M. Henebry, Assefa M. Melesse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Land
Subjects:
CDL
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/9/5/166