Assessing anthropogenic disturbance on forest health based on fragment grading in Durgapur Forest Range, West Bengal, India

Spatial Information Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 501-512

  Dutta, Shyamal ^a   Sahana, Mehebub ^b   Guchhait, Sanat Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic interference; Forest disturbances; Forest fragmentation; Forest health; Population growth; Proximity analysis

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC INTERFERENCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST DISTURBANCES; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; FOREST HEALTH; NATURAL LANDSCAPES; POPULATION GROWTH; PROXIMITY ANALYSE; WEST BENGAL;

GRADING;

EID: 85041487754     PISSN: 23663286     EISSN: 23663294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s41324-017-0117-3     Document Type: Article

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