Integrated multi-tier mapping for improved ecosystem services assessment and its application in urbanization analysis in three African countries

Shahriar Shah Heydari1, Orion Cardenas-Ritzert2, Steven Filippelli1, Melissa McHale3, Melinda Laituri2 and Jody Vogeler1, (1)Colorado State University, Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Fort Collins, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Fort Collins, United States, (3)University of British Columbia, Department of Forest Resources Management, Vancouver, Canada