Characterizing the forest fragmentation of Canada's national parks

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 164, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 481-499

  Soverel, Nicholas O ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^a   White, Joanne C ^b   Wulder, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Ecosystem; Forest; Fragmentation; Landsat; National parks

Indexed keywords

AREA RATIOS; CONTIGUOUS AREA; DATA SETS; EARTH OBSERVATION DATA; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; ECOLOGICAL UNITS; EDGE DENSITIES; FOREST EDGE; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; FOREST HABITATS; FOREST PATCHES; FOREST PATTERNS; FRAGMENTATION; FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; NATIONAL PARK SYSTEMS; NATIONAL PARKS; POTENTIAL THREATS; PROTECTED AREAS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; OBSERVATORIES; STATISTICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PARKS;

BIODIVERSITY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EOS; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSAT; NATIONAL PARK; PATCH SIZE; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; NATIONAL PARK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TREES;

BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; PLANNING; SATELLITES;

CANADA;

EID: 77952292814     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0908-7     Document Type: Article

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