Scale dependencies of vegetation and topography in a mountainous environment of montana

Professional Geographer

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 1-11

  Bian, Ling ^a   Walsh, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Remote sensing; Scale dependencies; Topographic controls

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAINOUS ENVIRONMENT; SCALE DEPENDENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

USA, MONTANA, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0027387783     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-0124.1993.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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