Structure and spatial pattern of land uses patches in the Zagros Mountains region in the west of Iran

Biodiversitas

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-59

  Karami, Arash ^a   Sefidi, Kiomars ^b   Feghhi, Jahangir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

Author keywords

FRAGSTATS; Iran; Land use; Landscape ecology; Metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906859007     PISSN: 1412033X     EISSN: 20854722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d150108     Document Type: Article

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