The potential application of GIS and remotely sensed data to the ecological assessment of proposed new road schemes

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 249-257

  Treweek, Joanna ^a   Veitch, Neil ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental impact assessment (EIA); Fragmentation; Geographical information system (GIS); Habitat loss; Planning; Remote sensing; Road development

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GIS; HABITAT; REMOTE SENSING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030326539     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997793     Document Type: Article

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