Modeling temperature gradients across edges over time in a managed landscape

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 17-31

  Saunders, Sari C ^a   Chen, Jiquan ^a   Drummer, Thomas D ^a   Crow, Thomas R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Area of edge influence (AEI); Depth of edge influence (DEI); Edge effects; Fragmentation; Microclimate; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MODELING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 0033577892     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00468-X     Document Type: Article

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