Combining land cover mapping of coastal dunes with vegetation analysis

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-138

  Acosta, A ^a   Carranza, M L ^b   Izzi, C F ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal landscape; CORINE land cover map; Error matrix; Strand line; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044472551     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2005)008[0133:CLCMOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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