Distribution of forest ecosystems over two centuries in a highly urbanized landscape

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 164, Issue , 2017, Pages 13-24

  Fahey, Robert T ^a   Casali, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial image analysis; Chicago; Fragmentation; Quercus; Remnant forest; Urban development

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ANTENNAS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; URBAN GROWTH;

AERIAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; CHICAGO; FRAGMENTATION; QUERCUS; REMNANT FORESTS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CANOPY; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORESTRY; URBANIZATION;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS;

EID: 85017409465     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.03.008     Document Type: Article

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