Spatial scaling of structural complexity in plant communities

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-99

  Ricotta, Carlo ^a   Anand, Madhur ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity; Entropy; Information; Measure; Statistical complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746075791     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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