Land change and loss of landscape diversity at the Caatinga phytogeographical domain - Analysis of pattern-process relationships with MODIS land cover products (2001-2012)
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- 作者：Christian Schulza ; ch.schulz87@gmail.de" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Robert Kocha ; Arne Cierjacksb ; c ; Birgit Kleinschmita
- 关键词：Landscape metrics ; Seasonally dry tropical forests ; Landscape ecology ; Degradation ; Shannon diversity index ; Desertification
- 刊名：Journal of Arid Environments
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：136
- 期：Complete
- 页码：54-74
- 全文大小：13074 K
文摘
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A considerable net (re-)gain of woody vegetation was found between 2001 and 2012.
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Water infrastructures were the base for intense and decentralised large-scale crop productions.
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Landscape diversity and fragmentation decreased considerably within the timeframe.
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One large corridor for degradation and desertification risk is the São Francisco River valley.