Separating the effects of land-use history and topography on the distribution of woody plant populations in a traditional rural landscape in Japan

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 34-45

  Kobayashi, Yoshiko ^a   Koike, Fumito ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abandoned farmland; Agricultural landscape; Human plant use; Land use legacy; Satoyama

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; LAND USE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RURAL AREAS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ABANDONED FARMLAND; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL; HUMAN PLANT USE; LIMITED INFORMATION; SATOYAMA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RURAL LANDSCAPE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WOODY PLANT;

JAPAN;

EID: 75349100755     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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