Landscape Trends in Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States Ecoregions

Environmental Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 572-588

  Griffith, Jerry A ^a   Stehman, Stephen V ^b   Loveland, Thomas R ^c  

^a Stennis Space Center   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecoregions; Fragmentation; Indicators; Landscape monitoring; Mid Atlantic United States; Southeastern United States; Trends

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LAND USE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ECOREGIONS; LANDSCAPES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST COVER; FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLAY; CROPLAND; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; OAK; PASTURE; PINE; ROCK; SANDY SOIL; SWAMP; TREE; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TREES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS;

EID: 1642541065     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0078-2     Document Type: Article

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