Change detection analysis (1986-2002) of vegetation cover in Romania: A study of alpine, subalpine, and forest landscapes in the Iezer Mountains, Southern Carpathians

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 250-258

  Mihai, Bogdan ^a   Savulescu, Ionut ^a   Sandric, Ionut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Carpathians; Change detection; Iezer Mountains; LANDSAT satellite scenes; Romania; Vegetation zones

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CADASTRE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DETECTION METHOD; FOREST COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IEZER MOUNTAINS; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FAGUS;

EID: 34548744660     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mred.0645     Document Type: Article

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