Analysis of landscape patterns in coastal wetlands of Galveston Bay, Texas (USA)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 581-595

  Liu, Amy J ^a   Cameron, Guy N ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Galveston Bay; GIS; Historical database; Human disturbance; Landscape ecology; Spatial patterns; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; DISTURBANCE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035700223     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013139525277     Document Type: Article

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