An analysis of deforestation: Metrics used to describe pattern change

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 114, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 459-470

  Trani, Margaret Katherine ^a   Giles Jr , Robert H ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Environmental assessment; Landscape ecology; Pattern metrics; Species persistence; Wildlife habitat analysis

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; LANDSCAPE; MODELING; PATCH DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033593913     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00375-2     Document Type: Article

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