The dimensions of land use change in rural landscapes: Lessons learnt from the GB Countryside Surveys

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2851-2856

  Petit, Sandrine ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological condition; Landscape dynamics; Landscape monitoring; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; ECOLOGY; LAND USE;

CHANGE IMPACTS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE MONITORING; LANDUSE CHANGE; LESSON LEARNT; RURAL LANDSCAPES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL TEMPORALS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIONAL PLANNING; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RURAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649814843     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.05.023     Document Type: Article

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