How landscapes change: Integration of spatial patterns and human processes in temperate landscapes of southern Chile

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 822-831

  Echeverría, Cristian ^a   Newton, Adrian ^b   Nahuelhual, Laura ^c   Coomes, David ^d   Rey Benayas, José María ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Degradation; Fragmentation; Land cover change; Landscape classification

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PASTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHILE;

EID: 80053341936     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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