The use and misuse of neutral landscape models in ecology

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-229

  With, Kimberly A ^a   King, Anthony W ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MODELLING; NEUTRAL LANDSCAPE MODEL; NULL MODEL;

EID: 0030620270     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546007     Document Type: Short Survey

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