Changes in riparian woods over space and time: Influence of environment and land use

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 212, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 145-159

  Ferreira, M Teresa ^a   Aguiar, Francisca C ^a   Nogueira, Carla ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Land use change; Mediterranean ecosystems; Portugal; Riparian galleries; Streamside forests

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS;

FLOODPLAINS; PATCHINESS INDICATORS; TEMPORAL CHANGES; URBANIZATION;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; LAND USE CHANGE;

BASINS; CLIMATES; DATA PROCESSING; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

RIPARIA;

EID: 20444366219     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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