Human disturbances on landscapes in protected areas: A case study of the Wolong Nature Reserve

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 487-496

  Zeng, Hui ^a   Sui, Daniel Z ^b   Wu, X Ben ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human disturbances; Landscape dissimilarity; Landscape structure; Wolong Natural Reserve

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; WOLONG NATURE RESERVE;

EID: 33746393689     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0065-6     Document Type: Article

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