Loss of habitats, naturalness and species diversity in Eurasian forest landscapes

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1093-1101

  Wallenius, T ^a,b   Niskanen, L ^b   Virtanen, T ^b   Hottola, J ^b   Brumelis, G ^c   Angervuori, A ^b   Julkunen, J ^b   Pihlstrom M ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Dead wood; Habitat loss; Human influence; Landsat; Landscape structure; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

DEAD WOOD; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN INFLUENCES; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS;

WOOD;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEAD WOOD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BIODIVERSITY; DEAD WOOD; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FORESTRY; INVENTORIES; LAND USE; SATELLITES; WOOD;

EURASIA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77957881608     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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