Regionalization of landscape pattern indices using multivariate cluster analysis

Environmental Management

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 134-142

  Long, Jed ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn ^a   Wulder, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Landscape pattern indices; Multivariate cluster analysis; Regionalization; Spatial pattern regions (SPR)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST COVER; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; FOREST HARVESTING; FOREST PATTERNS; FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; LANDSCAPE PATTERN INDICES; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; MULTIVARIATE CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PRINCE GEORGE; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STUDY AREAS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; LANDFORMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST COVER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; REGIONALIZATION; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOGGING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PRINCE GEORGE;

EID: 77955552851     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9510-6     Document Type: Article

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