Harmonization of the Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) with the General Habitat Categories (GHC) classification system

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 290-300

  Kosmidou, Vasiliki ^a   Petrou, Zisis ^a   Bunce, Robert G H ^b   Mücher, Caspar A ^c   Jongman, Robert H G ^c   Bogers, Marion M B ^c   Lucas, Richard M ^d   Tomaselli, Valeria ^e   Blonda, Palma ^f   Padoa Schioppa, Emilio ^g   Manakos, Ioannis ^a   Petrou, Maria ^a  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources   (Italy)

^f INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATION   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity monitoring; Habitat; Land cover; Plant life forms; Remote sensing; Strategic survey

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY MONITORING; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; HABITAT; LAND COVER; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; PLANT LIFE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING;

MONITORING;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH FORM; HABITAT TYPE; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ITALY; LE CESINE; LECCE; PUGLIA;

EID: 84883545277     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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