Future options in landscape ecology: Development and research

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-48

  Li, Xiuzhen ^a,b   Mander, Ülo ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Global change; Landscape aesthetics; Landscape genetics; Landscape perception; Landscape planning; Marine space ecology; Natural disasters; Seascape

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING;

EID: 67649352622     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133309103888     Document Type: Review

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