Page 1/23 A new fractal index to classify forest disturbance and anthropogenic change Daniel Peptenatu University of Bucharest Ion Andronache University of Bucharest Helmut Ahammer Medical University of Graz Marko Radulovic Institut za onkologiju i radiologiju Srbije Jennifer K. Costanza US Forest Service Herbert F. Jelinek Khalifa University of Science and Technology Antonio Di Ieva Macquarie University Kohei Koyama Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Alexandra Grecu University of Bucharest Karina Andreea Gruia University of Bucharest Adrian-Gabriel Simion University of Bucharest Iulia Daniela Nedelcu University of Bucharest Cosmin Olteanu University of Bucharest Cristian-Constantin Dr ă ghici University of Bucharest Marian Marin University of Bucharest Daniel Constantin Diaconu University of Bucharest Rasmus Fensholt University of Copenhagen Erica A. Newman ( newmane@berkeley.edu ) University of Arizona Research Article