Analysis of Eastern Mediterranean oak forests over the period 1965-2003 using landscape indices on a patch basis

Landscape Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-124

  Jomaa, Ihab ^a   Auda, Yves ^a   Hamzé, Mouïn ^a   Abi Saleh, Bernadette ^a   Safi, Samir ^a  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Canopy closure; Oak forest; Patch shape; Patch size; Remote sensing; Spot 5

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST CANOPY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PATCH SIZE; REGENERATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 59449110671     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426390802591569     Document Type: Article

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