Landscape dynamics and their effect on the functional connectivityof a Mediterranean landscape in Chile

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 198-206

  Hernández, Angela ^a   Miranda, Marcelo ^a   Arellano, Eduardo C ^a   Saura, Santiago ^b   Ovalle, Carlos ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Conefor; Land use change; Landscape configuration indicators; Landscape connectivity; Mediterranean landscapes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ARID REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CONEFOR; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CONFIGURATION; LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITIES; MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCCUPATION; POPULATION GROWTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CHILE; EUROPE;

EID: 84908048634     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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