Effects of changing scale on landscape pattern analysis: Scaling relations

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-138

  Wu, Jianguo ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extent; Grain; Landscape metrics; Pattern analysis; Scale effects; Scaling; Scalograms

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATTERN ANALYSIS; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 1842483410     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAND.0000021711.40074.ae     Document Type: Article

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