Remote sensing and the future of landscape Ecology

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-546

  Newton, Adrian C ^a   Hill, Ross A ^a   Echeverría, Cristian ^b   Golicher, Duncan ^a   Benayas, José M ^c   Cayuela, Luis ^c,d   Hinsley, Shelley A ^e  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Ecosystem services; Landsat; Spatial dynamics; Theory

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THEMATIC MAPPING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AVES;

EID: 70350463698     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133309346882     Document Type: Article

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