Future land use effects on the connectivity of protected area networks in southeastern Spain

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 326-336

  Piquer Rodríguez, María ^a   Kuemmerle, Tobias ^b   Alcaraz Segura, Domingo ^c,d   Zurita Milla, Raul ^e   Cabello, Javier ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Conservation planning; Fragmentation; Land abandonment; Land use intensification; Markov chains; Morphological spatial pattern analysis; Natura 2000; Polarisation; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MARKOV CHAIN; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

SPAIN;

CABRERA;

EID: 84868345920     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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