Estimation of plant diversity at landscape level: A methodological approach applied to three Spanish rural areas

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 95, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 97-116

  Ortega, M ^a   Elena Rosellio R ^b   Garcia del Barrio J M ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Landscape; Mediterranean vegetation; Metrics; Plant; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING;

LANDSCAPE MOSAIC; PLANT DIVERSITY;

RURAL AREAS;

DIVERSITY INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; RANDOMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA; SPAIN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANTS; RURAL HEALTH; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 2942585477     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EMAS.0000029893.27432.1c     Document Type: Article

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