Scenarios to reduce forest fragmentation and improve landscape multifunctionality: A study from Northern Italy

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-34

  Digiovinazzo, Patrizia ^a   Ficetola, Gentile Francesco ^a   Bottoni, Luciana ^a   Padoa Schioppa, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Fuzzy logic; Landscape planning; Suburban area; Woody patches

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PATCHINESS; SUBURBAN AREA; VISUALIZATION;

ITALY;

EID: 80053640426     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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