Landscape analysis of plant diversity

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-170

  Stohlgren, Thomas J ^a   Coughenour, Michael B ^a   Chong, Geneva W ^a   Binkley, Dan ^a   Kalkhan, Mohammed A ^a   Schell, Lisa D ^a   Buckley, David J ^b   Berry, Joseph K ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Innovative GIS Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c Berry and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem models; Geographic information systems; Keystone ecosystems; Map accuracy assessment; Plant species richness patterns; Wildlife models

Indexed keywords

CASTOR FIBER; CERVUS ELAPHUS; RIPARIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

GIS; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

USA, COLORADO, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0031444547     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007986502230     Document Type: Article

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