The behavior of landscape metrics commonly used in the study of habitat fragmentation

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-186

  Hargis, Christina D ^a,c   Bissonette, John A ^a   David, John L ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Found Ecol Restoration M/A   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Landscape ecology; Landscape measures; Mass fractal dimension; Mean proximity index; Perimeter area fractal dimension

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

EID: 0031877122     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007965018633     Document Type: Article

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