Ecological land fragmentation and its connectivity with urbanization in the Yangtze River Delta

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1309-1317

  Su, Weizhong ^a   Yang, Guishan ^a   Zhen, Feng ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Ecological land; Fragmentation; Urbanization; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 38949112800     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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