Indicators of landscape fragmentation: The case for combining ecological indices and the perceptive approach

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-91

  Llauss, Albert ^a   Nogué, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

European Landscape Convention; Habitat fragmentation; Human perception; Landscape ecology; Landscape monitoring; Qualitative approach

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE CONVENTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN PERCEPTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; QUALITATIVE APPROACH;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION;

ECOLOGY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 80054078303     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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