Downscaling indicators of forest habitat structure from national assessments

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 5, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 273-279

  Riitters, Kurt H ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Habitat; Scale; Spatial analysis; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HABITAT; SCALE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; DOWNSCALING; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOREST; MODELING; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 24944533990     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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