Interdisciplinary historical vegetation mapping for ecological restoration in Galapagos

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 519-532

  Trueman, Mandy ^a,b   Hobbs, Richard J ^a   Van Niel, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Heterogeneity; Mapping uncertainty; Oral history; Reference ecosystems

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROGENEITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

EID: 84874970437     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9854-4     Document Type: Article

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