Urban forest landscape patterns in Ma'anshan City, China

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 346-355

  Wang, Yuan ^a,b   Wu, Ze Min ^c   Wang, Xiang Rong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gradient analysis; Land use pattern; Landscape metrics; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST COVER; FRAGMENTATION; GIS; GPS; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; GRASS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY; URBANIZATION;

ANHUI; CHINA; MAANSHAN;

EID: 77951575127     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500903211830     Document Type: Article

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