A new view on EU agricultural landscapes: Quantifying patchiness to assess farmland heterogeneity

•We create a qualitative remote sensing based indicator for farmland heterogeneity.•A combination of spectral and textural data is improving the indicator.•Semi-quantitative data (approximate field size) is additionally derived.•Largest patches are found for agro-forestry, smallest for heterogeneous...

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Published in:	Ecological indicators Vol. 61; pp. 317 - 327
Main Authors:	Weissteiner, Christof J., García-Feced, Celia, Paracchini, Maria Luisa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01-02-2016
Subjects:	agroforestry biodiversity cultural values data collection ecosystem services European Union Farmland heterogeneity Field size grasslands groves issues and policy land cover Landscape metrics landscapes olives pastures Patch size remote sensing Texture Patch size Field size Texture Landscape metrics Farmland heterogeneity
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