Chapter 2: A state and transition approach for integrating landscape models

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 610, 2004, Pages 17-32

  Hemstrom, Miles ^a   Ager, Alan A ^a   Varva, Martin ^a   Wales, Barbara C ^a   Wisdom, Michael J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape ecology; Landscape simulation; Northeastern Oregon

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING;

GRANDE RONDE BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

UNGULATA;

EID: 11044233102     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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