Same land cover, same land use at the large scale, different landscapes at the small scale: Landscape change in olive plantations on lesvos Island, Greece

Landscape Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-467

  Kizos, Thanasis ^a   Koulouri, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Landscape change; Lesvos; Olive plantations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROFORESTRY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND COVER; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PLANTATION;

GREECE; LESBOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 77954889402     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426390802048297     Document Type: Article

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