Landscapes, space and equilibrium: Shifting viewpoints

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-359

  Perry, George L W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Equilibrium; Landscape ecology; Scale; Spatial models; Spatial pattern; Succession

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036366242     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309133302pp341ra     Document Type: Article

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