Determinants of land degradation and fragmentation in semiarid vegetation at landscape scale

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 939-956

  Pueyo, Yolanda ^a   Alados, Concepción L ^a   Barrantes, Olivia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; GIS tools; Land degradation; Land use; Landscape approach; Semiarid environment; Topographic constraints

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND DEGRADATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION;

EID: 33645238082     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-2936-5     Document Type: Article

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