Scaling functions evaluation for estimation of landscape metrics at higher resolutions

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Argañaraz, Juan Pablo ^a,b,c   Entraigas, Ilda ^b  

^a Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Landscape metrics; Landscape pattern; Scale; Scaling functions

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DOWNSCALING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84895801861     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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