Spatial pattern analysis for monitoring protected areas

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1410-1420

  Townsend, Philip A ^a   Lookingbill, Todd R ^b   Kingdon, Clayton C ^a   Gardner, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Fragmentation; Graph theory; IKONOS; Landsat; National Parks; Pattern; Scale; SPOT

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; FRAGMENTATION; IKONOS; LANDSAT; NATIONAL PARKS; PATTERN; SCALE; SPOT;

APPLICATIONS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GRAPH THEORY; LANDFORMS; OCEAN HABITATS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSORS; URBAN PLANNING;

PARKS;

CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; IKONOS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NATIONAL PARK; PATCH SIZE; PROTECTED AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPOT;

CITIES; DATA; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FRAGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPS; MONITORING; PATTERNS; PLANNING; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

AVES;

EID: 67349209863     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.05.023     Document Type: Article

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