Spatial clusters and variability analysis of tree mortality

Physical Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 534-553

  Meng, Qingmin ^a   Cieszewski, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete spatial randomness; Georgia; Semivariogram; Spatial association tests; Spatial scan statistics; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; MORTALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TREE; VARIOGRAM;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 33846962443     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.27.6.534     Document Type: Article

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