Can landscape indices predict ecological processes consistently?

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-254

  Tischendorf, Lutz ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial vs. realistic landscapes; Dispersal; Landscape indices; Pattern process relationships; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

INDEX METHOD; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

EID: 0034980838     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011112719782     Document Type: Article

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