Dimensions of ecosystem complexity: Heterogeneity, connectivity, and history

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Cadenasso, M L ^a   Pickett, S T A ^b   Grove, J M ^c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Coupled systems; Framework; Land cover classifications; Legacies; Spatial heterogeneity; Urban ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 32444449140     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2005.07.002     Document Type: Note

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