Rule-based GIS-modelling for management purposes: A case study from the islands of froan, sør-trøndelag, mid-western Norway

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 175-184

  Bryn, Anders ^a   Dramstad, Wenche ^a   Fjellstad, Wendy ^a   Hofmeister, Frauke ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coastal heath; Cultural landscape; Management; Rule based gis modelling; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MODELING; VEGETATION MAPPING;

NORWAY; SOR TRONDELAG;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78649705740     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291951.2010.528224     Document Type: Article

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