A relationship between spatial processes and a partial patchiness index in a grassland landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 321-330

  Gao, Qiong ^a   Yang, Xiusheng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem modeling; Gradient strength; Grassland landscape; Partial patchiness index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000974701     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007985624887     Document Type: Article

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