Assessment of land use changes on woody cover and landscape fragmentation in the Orinoco savannas using fractal distributions

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-238

  Thielen, D R ^a   San Jose J J ^a   Montes, R A ^b   Lairet, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fractal distributions; Fragmentation; Land use changes; Orinoco savannas; Woody cover

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS;

FRACTAL DISTRIBUTIONS; ORINOCO SAVANNAS;

LAND USE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FALLOW; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PATCH SIZE; PATCHINESS; SAVANNA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY PLANT;

LLANOS; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS;

EID: 37249070406     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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