Evaluating empirical scaling relations of pattern metrics with simulated landscapes

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 459-469

  Shen, Weijun ^a,b   Jenerette, G Darrel ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^a   Gardner, Robert H ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE; MODELING;

EID: 3042574274     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03799.x     Document Type: Article

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