Impacts of changes in land use and fragmentation patterns on Atlantic coastal forests in northern Spain

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 879-886

  Teixido, Alberto L ^a   Quintanilla, Luis G ^a   Carreño, Francisco ^a   Gutiérrez, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adjacency; Eucalypt plantations; Forest patches; Land cover classes; Riparian forests; Transitions

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; REFORESTATION;

ADJACENCY; CHANGE IN LAND USE; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS; FOREST DISTRIBUTION; FOREST PATCHES; LAND COVER; LAND COVER CLASS; RIPARIAN FORESTS; TRANSITION;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AGRICULTURAL LAND; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; ORTHOPHOTO; PATCH SIZE; PLANTATION; RIPARIAN FOREST;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUCALYPTUS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; FOREST STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SPAIN; WATER SUPPLY;

FRAGAS DO EUME NATURAL PARK; GALICIA [SPAIN]; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 77949263552     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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