Endogenous fractal dynamics at alpine treeline ecotones

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-287

  Zeng, Yu ^a   Malanson, George P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; ECOTONE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; TREELINE;

EID: 33646827539     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2006.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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