Mapping Changes in Land Cover Composition and Pattern for Comparing Mediterranean Rangeland Restoration Alternatives

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 671-681

  Fava, Francesco ^a   Pulighe, Giuseppe ^b   Monteiro, Antonio T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Land degradation; Mediterranean; Object based classification; Restoration; Spatial pattern metrics

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; LAND DEGRADATION; MEDITERRANEAN; OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

LAND RECLAMATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 84948179173     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2456     Document Type: Article

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