Cork oak woodlands patchiness: A signature of imminent deforestation?

Applied Geography

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-26

  Costa, Augusta ^a,b   Madeira, Manuel ^c   Plieninger, Tobias ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGAÇÃO AGRÁRIA E VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^c Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forest degradation; Fractional canopy cover; Mediterranean landscape; Patch size frequency distribution; Power law function; Quercus suber L.

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; NATURE CONSERVATION; PATCH SIZE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STAKEHOLDER; WOODLAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING METHOD; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCHINESS; POWER LAW;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

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EID: 84905716204     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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