Use of object-oriented classification and fragmentation analysis (1985-2008) to identify important areas for conservation in Cockpit Country, Jamaica

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 172, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 391-406

  Newman, Minke E ^a   McLaren, Kurt P ^a   Wilson, Byron S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Object oriented classification; Priority conservation areas; Tropical forest conservation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BAUXITE MINING; BROADLEAF FOREST; ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; FOREST PATCHES; FOREST RESERVES; FORESTED AREA; FRAGMENTATION ANALYSIS; LANDSAT IMAGES; OBJECT ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION; OBJECT ORIENTED METHOD; PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREAS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA; TROPICAL FOREST;

BAUXITE DEPOSITS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; ROADS AND STREETS;

TROPICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISTURBANCE; ENDEMISM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSAT; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; JAMAICA; MINING; NONHUMAN; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAMAICA; TREES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS;

JAMAICA;

EID: 79151481040     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1342-6     Document Type: Article

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