A retrospective analysis of land cover change using a polygon shape index

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-215

  Comber, A J ^a   Birnie, R V ^a   Hodgson, M ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BioSS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air photographs; Cairngorms; Land cover change; Landscape ecology; Scotland; Shape index

Indexed keywords

INDEX METHOD; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; PATCHINESS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

UNITED KINGDOM; CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAMPIAN HIGHLANDS; SCOTLAND; SPEYSIDE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0038018262     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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