Source-sink landscape theory and its ecological significance

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1444-1449

  Chen, Li Ding ^a   Fu, Bo Jie ^a   Zhao, Wen Wu ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological process; Landscape ecology; Landscape pattern; Source sink landscape theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745179835     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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