Landscape-scale patterns of shrub-species abundance in California chaparral

Plant Ecology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-41

  Meentemeyer, Ross K ^a   Moody, Aaron ^b   Franklin, Janet ^c  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital terrain model; Environmental gradient; Predictive mapping; Resource availability; RHESSys; Vegetation modeling

Indexed keywords

CHAPARRAL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

UNITED STATES;

ADENOSTOMA FASCICULATUM; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS GLAUCA; CEANOTHUS MEGACARPUS; HETEROMELES ARBUTIFOLIA;

EID: 0035658908     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011944805738     Document Type: Article

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