Detection of long-term landscape changes and trajectories in a Pannonian sand region: Comparing land-cover and habitat-based approaches at two spatial scales

Community Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-230

  Biro M ^a   Szitar K ^a   Horvath F ^a   Bagi, I ^b   Molnar Z S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Change detection analysis; Habitat change; Habitat continuity; Land cover change; Regional scale

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PLOWING; SAND; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRAJECTORY; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

HUNGARY;

EID: 84889633185     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.14.2013.2.12     Document Type: Article

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