Complex edge effect fields as additive processes in patches of ecological systems

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 273-283

  Fernández, Clemente ^a   Acosta, Francisco J ^a   Abellá, Gerardo ^a   López, Francisco ^a   Díaz, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological patches; Edge effects; Landscape ecology; Patch geometry

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCH DYNAMICS;

EID: 0036534340     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00464-1     Document Type: Article

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