The influence of forest definition on landscape fragmentation assessment in Rondônia, Brazil

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1163-1168

  Colson, Filip ^a   Bogaert, Jan ^b   Filho, Arnaldo Carneiro ^c   Nelson, Bruce ^c   Pinagé, Ekena Rangel ^d   Ceulemans, Reinhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d WWF Brazil   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; GRASS r.le software; Landscape metrics; Thematic resolution; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; GRASS/R.LE SOFTWARE; LANDSCAPE METRICS; THEMATIC RESOLUTION; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; TROPICS; URBAN PLANNING;

DEFORESTATION;

CONNECTIVITY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; RAINFOREST; SAVANNA; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BASINS; CITIES; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; PLANNING; PLANTS; STATISTICS; TREES;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349149023     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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