Using model analysis to design monitoring programs for landscape management and impact assessment

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1820-1832

  Urban, D L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climatic sensitivity; Forest gap model; GIS maps, use to design ecological sampling; Landscape pattern and management; Monitoring programs; Sampling design; Sierra Nevada (California, USA); Soil moisture balance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MONITORING;

EID: 0033676074     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[1820:UMATDM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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