High rates of forest loss and turnover obscured by classical landscape measures

Applied Geography

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 199-211

  Altamirano, Adison ^a   Aplin, Paul ^b   Miranda, Alejandro ^a   Cayuela, Luis ^c   Algar, Adam C ^b   Field, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Data constraints; Deforestation; Fragmentation; Habitat turnover; Landscape indices; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARAUCANIA; CHILE;

EID: 84876303090     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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