An approach to spatially explicit reconstruction of historical forest in Northeast China
China ; Cultivated land ; Forest ; Historical period ; Land use ; Model ; North-Eastern China ; Remote sensing ; Satellite imagery
Aprovechamiento del suelo ; Bosque ; China ; Imagen satélite ; Modelo ; Suelo cultivado ; Teledetección ; Época histórica
to reconstruct forest cover for 1780 and 1940 in Northeast China with a 10-km resolution. To validate the model, the AA. compared satellite-based forest cover data with the reconstruction for 2000. The results demonstrated that the provincial forest area could