Variation of farm spatial land use pattern according to the structure of the hedgerow network (bocage) landscape: A case study in northeast Brittany

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-72

  Thenail, C ^a   Baudry, J ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bocage landscape; Brittany (France); Farm territory; Land use allocation; Mutual information; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; HEDGEROW; LAND USE;

BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0345874736     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00199-3     Document Type: Article

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