Issues related to the detection of boundaries

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 453-466

  Fortin, M J ^a   Olson, R J ^b   Ferson, S ^c   Iverson, L ^d   Hunsaker, C ^d   Edwards, G ^h   Levine, D ^e   Butera, K ^f   Klemas, V ^g  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f DynaCorp   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Environmental change; GIS; Landscape ecology; Modeling; Remote sensing; Riparian; Statistics; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY DELIMITATION; DETECTION METHOD; ECOTONE; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033911077     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008194205292     Document Type: Article

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