Using a pattern metric-based analysis to examine the success of forest policy implementation in Southwest China

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1111-1127

  Van Den Hoek, Jamon ^a,c   Burnicki, Amy C ^b   Ozdogan, Mutlu ^a   Zhu, A Xing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Forest cover change; Forest policy; NFPP; Pattern analysis; SLCP; Temporal resolution; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

FOREST COVER; FRAGMENTATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLICY APPROACH; TREE PLANTING;

CHINA;

EID: 84930278082     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0171-y     Document Type: Article

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