Scaling exponents and rank-size distributions as indicators of landscape character and change

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-284

  DiBari, John N ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Fractal; Rank size distribution; Scaling exponent; Self organized criticality; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDBACK; FIRES; FORESTRY; FRACTALS; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

RANK-SIZE DISTRIBUTION MODEL; SCALING EXPONENTS; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ECOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FIRE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; RANKING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 1342265395     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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