Spatial modelling of vegetation change in dynamic landscapes: A review of methods and applications

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-72

  Perry, George L W ^a   Enright, Neal J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire; Forest gap model; Individual based model; Landscape ecology; Landscape model; Scaling; Spatial information systems; Spatially explicit simulation model; Succession model

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 33644825138     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309133306pp469ra     Document Type: Review

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