Ecological indicators for protection impact assessment at two scales in the Bozin and Marakhil protected area, Iran

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-107

  Henareh Khalyani, Azad ^a   Mayer, Audrey L ^a   Webster, Christopher R ^a   Falkowski, Michael J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape structure; Patch size distributions; Protection impacts; Scale; Spatial indicators

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; PATCH-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PROTECTION IMPACTS; SCALE; SPATIAL INDICATORS;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOEYE-1; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IKONOS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATIONAL PARK; PATCH SIZE; POWER LAW; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

EID: 84867198376     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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