Quantifying the network connectivity of landscape mosaics: a graph-theoretical approach

Community Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-94

  Ricotta, C ^a   Stanisci, A ^a   Avena, G C ^a   Blasi, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Graph theory; Harary index; Palmarola; Reciprocal distance matrix

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0002820150     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.1.2000.1.12     Document Type: Article

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