Landscape structure and change in a hardwood forest-tall-grass prairie ecotone

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 244-249

  Boren, Jon C ^a,b   Engle, David M ^a,b   Gregory, Mark S ^a,b   Masters, Ronald E ^a,b   Bidwell, Terrence G ^a,b   Mast, Vernon A ^a,c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

geographic information system; landscape structure; urbanization; vegetation cover type

Indexed keywords

GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HARDWOOD FOREST; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE; VEGETATION COVER;

USA, OKLAHOMA;

EID: 0030617677     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003723     Document Type: Article

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