Divergence, convergence, and self-organization in landscapes

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 466-488

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032731610     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00158     Document Type: Article

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