Integrating edge detection and dynamic modeling in quantitative analyses of ecological boundaries

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 730-738

  Fagan, William F ^a   Fortin, Marie Josée ^b   Soykan, Candan ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary dynamics; Edge detection; Edge mediated effects; Modeling; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041653274     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0730:IEDADM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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