Landscape ecological planning through a multi-scale characterization of pattern: Studies in the Western Ghats, South India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-233

  Nagendra, Harini ^a,b   Utkarsh, Ghate ^a,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RANWA   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fragmentation; Land cover change; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery; Western ghats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANNING; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

LANDSCAPES;

ECOLOGY;

RAIN;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOTYPE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; VARIETAS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN;

INDIA;

EID: 0042697124     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024878925038     Document Type: Article

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