Global-scale patterns of forest fragmentation

Ecology and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Riitters, Kurt ^a,d   Wickham, James ^b   O'Neill, Robert ^c   Jones, Bruce ^b   Smith, Elizabeth ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Edge effect; Forest fragmentation; Geographic information systems; Global patterns; Land cover map; Landscape ecology; Modeling; Perforated forest; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003347211     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00209-040203     Document Type: Article

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