Quantitative comparison of the diversity of landscapes with actual vs. potential natural vegetation

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-162

  Ricotta, C ^a   Carranza, M L ^a   Avena, G ^a   Blasi, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evenness; Landscape metrics; Landscape model; Map; Shannon's entropy function; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034488146     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1478994     Document Type: Article

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