History and spatial complexity of deforestation and logging in small private forests

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-117

  Andrieu, Emilie ^a,b   Ladet, Sylvie ^a,b   Heintz, Wilfried ^a,b,c   Deconchat, Marc ^a,b  

^a UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c GIP ECOFOR   (France)

Author keywords

Disturbance regime; Farm forestry; Forest management; Historical records; Multi temporal GIS; Spatial organization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ANTENNAS; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY;

DISTURBANCE REGIME; FARM FORESTRY; HISTORICAL RECORDS; MULTI-TEMPORAL; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CADASTRE; COMPLEXITY; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIVATE LAND; RECONSTRUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; WOODLAND;

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; MAPS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

FRANCE;

EID: 80053572225     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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