A Bayesian test of hierarchy theory: Scaling up variability in plant cover from field to remotely sensed data

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 273-285

  Cullinan, Valerie I ^a   Simmons, Mary Ann ^a   Thomas, John M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Hierarchy theory; Scales of pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000687863     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007962415318     Document Type: Article

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