Analyzing landscape diversity in time: The use of Rènyi's generalized entropy function

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 505-510

  Carranza, M L ^a   Acosta, A ^b   Ricotta, C ^c  

^a Dip STAT   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Generalized diversity index; Information theory; Land use evolution; Landscape boundaries; Landscape change

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LAND USE; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

GENERALIZED DIVERSITY INDEX; LAND USE EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE BOUNDARIES; LANDSCAPE CHANGE;

INFORMATION THEORY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOUNDARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENTROPY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PATCH DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ISERNIA [MOLISE]; ITALY; MOLISE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947624176     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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