Landscape metrics and indices: An overview of their use in landscape research

Living Reviews in Landscape Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Uuemaa, Evelin ^a   Antrop, Marc ^b   Roosaare, Jüri ^a   Marja, Riho ^a   Mander, Ülo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; FRAGSTATS; Landscape aesthetics; Landscape ecology; Landscape pattern; Landscape planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ESTHETICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LITERATURE REVIEW; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 65349168903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18637329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12942/lrlr-2009-1     Document Type: Review

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