Variations in landscape patterns and vegetation cover between 1957 and 1994 in a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 545-561

  Alados, C L ^a   Pueyo, Y ^a   Barrantes, O ^b   Escos J ^c   Giner, L ^a   Robles, A B ^d  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c 28034 Madrid Spain ^*  (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Land use; Mediterranean; Semi arid ecosystem; Vegetation cover transition, Cabo de Gata Nijar Natural Park, Spain

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SEMIARID REGION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VEGETATION COVER;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; CABO DE GATA-NIJAR NATURAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 4043055231     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAND.0000036149.96664.9a     Document Type: Article

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