The Swiss Landscape Monitoring Program - A comprehensive indicator set to measure landscape change

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 295, Issue , 2015, Pages 136-150

  Kienast, Felix ^a   Frick, Jacqueline ^b   van Strien, Maarten J ^c   Hunziker, Marcel ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DPSIR; Landscape observation; Landscape perception; Physical landscapes

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DPSIR; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY; LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENTS; LANDSCAPE OBSERVATION; LANDSCAPE PERCEPTIONS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; PHYSICAL LANDSCAPES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85027925572     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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