Spatial patterns of land use changes across a mediterranean metropolitan landscape: Implications for biodiversity management

Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 971-980

  Baśnou, Corina ^a   Álvarez, Enrique ^a   Bagaria, Guillem ^a,b   Guardiola, Moisès ^a,b   Isern, Rosó ^a   Vicente, Paloma ^a   Pino, Joan ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Driving factors; Landscape changes; RDA

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENTS; DRIVING FACTORS; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES; RDA; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS (RDA);

CONSERVATION; CROPS; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CROP ABANDONMENT; CROPLAND; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; SCRUB; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SPAIN;

EID: 84885477911     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0150-5     Document Type: Article

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