A fuzzy logic method to assess the relationship between landscape patterns and bird richness of the Rolling Pampas

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 869-885

  Weyland, Federico ^a   Baudry, Jacques ^b   Ghersa, Claudio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Argentina; Biodiversity; Fuzzy logic; Pampas region

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIRD; COMPLEXITY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84862142863     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9735-2     Document Type: Article

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