Long-term spatio-temporal dynamics of a hedgerow network landscape in Flanders, Belgium

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-29

  Deckers, Bart ^a   Kerselaers, E ^a   Gulinck, H ^a   Muys, B ^a   Hermy, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Connectivity; Hedgerows; Historical reconstruction; Landscape structure; Network dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; LAND USE; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL AREAS;

CONNECTIVITY; HEDGEROW DENSITY; HEDGEROW NETWORK LANDSCAPE; LABOR INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGISTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CONNECTIVITY; HEDGEROW; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; RURAL LANDSCAPE; RURAL PLANNING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22344443600     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892905001840     Document Type: Article

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