Landscape division, splitting index, and effective mesh size: New measures of landscape fragmentation

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-130

  Jaeger, Jochen A G ^a  

^a Ctr Technol Assess Baden W   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effective mesh size; Fragmentation phases; Landscape division; Landscape fragmentation; Landscape indices; Landscape pattern; Quantitative methods; Spatial heterogeneity; Splitting index

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MESH SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 0033972121     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008129329289     Document Type: Article

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