Spatial pattern analysis as a focus of landscape ecology to support evaluation of human impact on landscapes and diversity

Landscape Ecological Applications in Man-Influenced Areas: Linking Man and Nature Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 7-32

  Koffi, K J ^a   Deblauwe, V ^a   Sibomana, S ^a,b   Neuba, D F R ^a   Champluvier, D ^c   Canniere, C De ^a   Barbier, N ^a   Traore, D ^d   Habonimana, B ^b   Robbrecht, E ^c   Lejoly, J ^a   Bogaert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURUNDI   (Burundi)

^c BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

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EID: 83055171939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5488-2_2     Document Type: Chapter

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