Effects of land-cover change on spatial pattern of forest communities in the Southern Appalachian Mountains (USA)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 449-464

  Turner, Monica G ^a   Pearson, Scott M ^b   Bolstad, Paul ^c   Wear, David N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MARS HILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Building density; Forest communities; Land cover change; Land use change; Landscape change; Southern appalachians; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0242507636     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026033116193     Document Type: Article

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