Statistical selection of perimeter-area models for patch mosaics in multiscale landscape analysis

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-181

  Grossi, Luigi ^a   Patil, G P ^b   Taillie, C ^b  

^a Faculty of Economics   (Italy)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CORINE biotopes; Likelihood ratio tests; Map of Italian nature; Monte Carlo simulation; Piecewise linear regression; Scaling domains

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042784122     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EEST.0000027207.66433.69     Document Type: Article

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