Geografie 2011, 116, 156-171

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2011116020156

Evaluation of land cover changes after extraordinary windstorm by using the land cover metrics: a case study on the high Tatras foothill

Vladimír Falťan1, Martin Bánovský1, Matej Blažek2

1Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Mlynská dolina 1, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
2University of Dundee, School of Social and Environmental Sciences – Geography, Perth Road, Dundee, DD1 4HN, United Kingdom

Received November 2009
Accepted March 2011

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