Landscape structure, landscape metrics and biodiversity

Living Reviews in Landscape Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Walz, Ulrich ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Heterogeneity; Landscape functions; Landscape management; Landscape mosaic; Landscape pattern; Nature conservation; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; DATABASE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPATIAL PLANNING;

EID: 83655181023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18637329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12942/lrlr-2011-3     Document Type: Article

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