Weighted mean patch size: A robust index for quantifying landscape structure

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 353-361

  Li, Bai Lian ^a   Archer, Steve ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Disturbance; Landscape response; Patch size; Savanna; Spatial patterns; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030713277     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)00071-9     Document Type: Article

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