Consequences of land use change in the New York-New Jersey Highlands, USA: Landscape indicators of forest and watershed integrity

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-159

  Lathrop, Richard G ^a   Tulloch, David L ^a   Hatfield, Colleen ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Highlands; Landscape indicators; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; WATERSHEDS;

HIGHLANDS; LANDSCAPE INDICATORS; LANDSCAPE-SCALE INDICATORS;

LAND USE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION MAPPING; WATERSHED;

LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; WATER SHEDS;

NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846122249     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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