Monitoring land cover change of the dryland forest landscape of Central Chile (1975-2008)

Applied Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 436-447

  Schulz, Jennifer J ^a   Cayuela, Luis ^b   Echeverria, Cristian ^c   Salas, Javier ^a   Rey Benayas, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Mediterranean; Remote sensing; Sclerophyllous forest; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVERGREEN FOREST; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

CHILE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

BOS;

EID: 77952543930     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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