Assessment of the effects of biophysical and anthropogenic factors on woody plant encroachment in dense and sparse mountain grasslands based on remote sensing data

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-217

  Gartzia, Maite ^a   Alados, Concepción L ^a   Pérez Cabello, Fernando ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

land abandonment; land cover change; mountain grassland; remote sensing; Spanish Pyrenees; woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 84899668774     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133314524429     Document Type: Article

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