Factors affecting changes in landscape diversity in rural areas of the Fagus crenata forest region of central Japan

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 209-216

  Nagaike, T ^a   Kamitani, T ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Land ownership; Landscape diversity; Rural area; Similarity between landscapes; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

FOREST; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; RURAL AREA;

JAPAN;

FAGUS CRENATA;

EID: 0033601777     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(98)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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