Using landscape hierarchies to guide restoration of disturbed ecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 189-202

  Palik, Brian J ^a,c   Goebel, P Charles ^a,d   Kirkman, L Katherine ^a   West, Larry ^b  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal Plain (Georgia, USA); Ecosystem classification; Ecosystem development, geomorphology vs. vegetation; Ecosystem identity, predicting; Ecosystem restoration and resource allocation; Geographic information systems (GIS); Hierarchy theory; Landscape hierarchies; Restoration of ecosystems, prioritizing

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DISTURBANCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 0034142031     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0189:ULHTGR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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