Landscape-scale regeneration dynamics of disturbed Mediterranean maquis

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 393-402

  Kadmon, Ronen ^a   Harari Kremer, Ruthie ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photograph; Disturbance; GIS; Image processing; Mediterranean ecosystem; Topography; Transition model

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ASPECT; REGENERATION; TREE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0032803594     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237068     Document Type: Article

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