Analysis of changes in farm pond network connectivity in the peri-urban landscape of the taoyuan area, taiwan

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 915-928

  Huang, Shu Li ^a   Lee, Ying Chieh ^b   Budd, William W ^c   Yang, Min Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LEE MING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Land cover change; Landscape metrics; Pond and canal network; Taoyuan

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CANALS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRRIGATION; PONDS; URBAN GROWTH;

CANAL NETWORK; CONNECTIVITY; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE METRICS; TAOYUAN;

LAKES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CANAL; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETWORKING; POND; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; FOREST; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POND; RURAL AREA; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY;

TAIWAN; TAOYUAN [TAIWAN];

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; PONDS; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84864557199     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9824-7     Document Type: Article

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