Uncertainty analysis as a tool for refining land dynamics modelling on changing landscapes: A case study in a Spanish Natural Park

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1385-1404

  Álvarez Martínez, Jose Manuel ^a   Stoorvogel, Jetse J ^b   Suárez Seoane, Susana ^a   de Calabuig, Estanislao Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confusion index; Fire recurrence; Fuzzy classification; Land cover change; Landsat; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; SIERRA DE ANCARES; SPAIN;

EID: 77956885602     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9492-z     Document Type: Article

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