Linking landscape structures and ecosystem service value using multivariate regression analysis: a case study of the Chaohu Lake Basin, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-16

  Zhang, Zhiming ^a   Gao, Junfeng ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service value; Land use; Landscape metrics; Landscape structure; Patch size; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ECOLOGY; LAKES; LAND USE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUES; LANDSCAPE METRICS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; PATCH SIZE; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AUTOCORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATCH SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANHUI; CHAOHU BASIN; CHINA;

EID: 84950284365     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4862-0     Document Type: Article

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