A framework for a theory of ecological boundaries

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 750-758

  Cadenasso, Mary L ^a   Pickett, Steward T A ^a   Weathers, Kathleen C ^a   Jones, Clive G ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary; Conceptual framework; Edge; Spatial heterogeneity; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041653273     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0750:AFFATO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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