A gradient analysis of urban landscape pattern: A case study from the Phoenix metropolitan region, Arizona, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-339

  Luck, Matthew ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gradient analysis; Land use pattern; Landscape metrics; Urban ecology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

PHOENIX;

EID: 0036033183     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020512723753     Document Type: Article

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