Landscape and plant community boundaries in biogeography

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-353

  Kent, Martin ^a   Gill, Wendy J ^a,b   Weaver, Ruth E ^a   Armitage, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARJON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecocline; Ecotone; Fractals; Multivariate analysis; Network analysis; Phytosociology; Remote sensing; Transitional areas; Vegetation management; Vegetation science

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOCLINE; ECOTONE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 0031426386     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030913339702100301     Document Type: Article

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