Fractal analysis of plant spatial patterns: A monitoring tool for vegetation transition shifts

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1453-1468

  Alados, C L ^a   Pueyo, Y ^a   Navas, D ^b   Cabezudo, B ^b   Gonzalez, Antonio ^c   Freeman, D C ^d  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c PROTECMA   (Spain)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Fractal dimension; Land use change; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE; MONITORING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ARIDA;

EID: 21144440613     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-9669-3     Document Type: Article

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