Patterns of fragmentation and identification of possible corridors in North Western Ghats

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-413

  Kale, M P ^a   Talukdar, G ^b   Panigrahy, R K ^a   Singh, S ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTING   (India)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Corridors; Fragmentation; GIS; North Western Ghats; Remote Sensing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; FRAGMENTATION; GIS; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; PROTECTED AREA; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 78650676063     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-010-0043-5     Document Type: Article

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