Temporal change in forest fragmentation at multiple scales

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 481-489

  Wickham, J D ^a   Riitters, K H ^b   Wade, T G ^a   Coulston, J W ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cumulative impact; Forest loss; Land cover change; Land use planning; Pine Barrens

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND COVER; LAND USE PLANNING; PATCH SIZE; SPATIAL DATA; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 34248359026     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-9054-6     Document Type: Article

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