Identifying the scale thresholds for field-data extrapolation via spatial analysis of landscape gradients

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-214

  Chang, Chi Ru ^a   Lee, Pei Fen ^b   Bai, Mei Ling ^b   Lin, Tzer Ton ^c  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gradient analysis; Landscape analysis; Landscape classification; Principal components analysis; Spatial autocorrelation; Subtropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUSHAN EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33645372279     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0095-5     Document Type: Article

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