Long-term changes in forest cover 1780-2007 in central Bohemia, Czech Republic

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 871-884

  Skaloš, Jan ^a   Engstová, Barbora ^a   Trpáková, Ivana ^a   Šantrůčková, Markéta ^b   Podrázský, Vilém ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Forest cover change; Old maps; Orthophoto map

Indexed keywords

CADASTRE; CARTOGRAPHY; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEODESY; GIS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; ORTHOPHOTO; UNESCO; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

BOHEMIA; CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 84859508973     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-011-0560-y     Document Type: Article

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