Landscape trajectories and their effect on fragmentation for a Mediterranean semi-arid ecosystem in Central Chile

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 127, Issue , 2016, Pages 74-81

  Hernández, Angela ^a   Miranda, Marcelo D ^a,b   Arellano, Eduardo C ^a,b   Dobbs, Cynnamon ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Avenida Vicuña Mackenna   (Chile)

Author keywords

Land change; Landscape metrics; Landscape monitoring; Landscape structure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION ANALYSIS; GRAZING; LAND COVER; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHILE;

EID: 84947759237     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

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