Are potential natural vegetation maps a meaningful alternative to neutral landscape models?

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 271-275

  Ricotta, Carlo ^a   Carranza, Maria Laura ^b   Avena, Giancarlo ^a   Blasi, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Landscape structure; Spatial model; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036992815     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2002.tb00557.x     Document Type: Review

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