Mountain vegetation change quantification using surface landscape metrics in Lancang watershed, China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-58

  Zhang, Zhiming ^a   Van Coillie, Frieke ^b   De Clercq, Eva M ^c   Ou, Xiaokun ^a   De Wulf, Robert ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DEM; Mountains; Planimetric landscape pattern indices; Surface landscape pattern indices; Vegetation change quantification

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RUBBER PLANTATIONS; SURVEYING; WATERSHEDS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE PATTERN INDICES; MOUNTAINS; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION PATTERN;

VEGETATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; RUBBER; SHRUB; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATERSHED;

MEKONG BASIN;

EID: 84901952516     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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