Fox, T. A., Rhemtulla, J. M., Ramankutty, N., Lesk, C., Coyle, T., & Kunhamu, T. K. (2017). Agricultural land-use change in Kerala,1 India: Perspectives from above and below the canopy. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 245, 1-10. 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.05.002 2 Title: Agricultural land-use change in Kerala, India: 3 Perspectives from above and below the canopy 4 Authors: Thomas A. Foxa*, Jeanine M. Rhemtullaa,1, Navin 5 Ramankuttya,2, Corey Leska,3, Theraesa Coylea,4, TK 6 Kunhamub 7 *Corresponding author, currently in the Department of 8 Geography, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive 9 NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4, email: 10
[email protected] 11 a. Department of Geography, McGill University, 845 Rue 12 Sherbrooke O, Montréal, QC, Canada H3A 0G4 13 b. Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, College of 14 Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, KAU P.O. 15 Vellanikkara, National Highway 47, Thrissur, Kerala 680656, 16 India 17 1. Present address: Department of Forest and Conservation 18 Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, 19 Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 20 2. Present address: Liu Institute for Global Issues and 21 Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, 2 22 University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, 23 BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 24 3. Present address: Columbia University Center for Climate 25 Systems Research, 116th Street & Broadway, New York, NY 26 10027, United States 27 4. Present address: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Centre 28 for Aquaculture and Environmental Research, 4160 Marine 29 Drive, West Vancouver, BC V7V 1N6 30 Abstract – Despite the availability of a wide range of tools, 31 measuring and explaining changes in land cover and land 32 use in tropical regions can be extremely challenging.