Landscape metrics with ecotones: Pattern under uncertainty

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-195

  Arnot, C ^a   Fisher, P F ^a   Wadsworth, R ^a   Wellens, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecotones; Fuzzy classification; Intergrades; Landscape metrics; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 1842535320     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAND.0000021723.24247.ee     Document Type: Article

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