Patterns of disturbance at multiple scales in real and simulated landscapes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 705-721

  Zurlini, Giovanni ^a   Riitters, Kurt H ^b   Zaccarelli, Nicola ^a   Petrosillo, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance pattern; Land use change; Moving window; Neutral model

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DIGITAL MAPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND USE CHANGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247580883     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-9055-5     Document Type: Article

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