Satellite based land use and landscape complexity indices as predictors for regional plant species diversity

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 241-250

  Honnay, O ^a   Piessens, K ^a   Van Landuyt, W ^b   Hermy, M ^a   Gulinck, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alien species; Landscape indices; Plant diversity; Satellite images

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; RELIABILITY; SATELLITES;

BIOTIC PROCESSES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE; PLANT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 0038035677     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(02)00194-9     Document Type: Article

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