Modeling heterogeneity and change in natural forests

Geomatica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 425-440

  Lowell, Kim E ^a   Edwards, Geoffrey ^a   Kucera, Gail Langran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Mercator Systems Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; FOREST; FORESTRY; GIS; POLYGON; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 0030390760     PISSN: 11951036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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