Developing a land-cover classification to select indicators of forest ecosystem health in a rapidly urbanizing landscape

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 158-165

  Styers, Diane M ^a   Chappelka, Arthur H ^a   Marzen, Luke J ^a   Somers, Greg L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Correlation analysis; Ecosystem health; Land cover classification; Landscape indicators; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DETOXIFICATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FORESTRY; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FUNGI; HEALTH; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LANDSCAPE INDICATORS; URBANIZATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOINDICATOR; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOUSING POLICY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LICHEN; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DENSITY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HEALTH; LAND USE; PLANNING; POLLUTION CONTROL;

COLUMBUS [GEORGIA]; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74149084942     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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