Dispersal success on fractal landscapes: A consequence of lacunarity thresholds

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-82

  With, Kimberly A ^a   King, Anthony W ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thresholds; Dispersal; Fractals; Habitat fragmentation; Lacunarity analysis; Neutral landscape models; Percolation theory

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

EID: 0033032810     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008030215600     Document Type: Article

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