Ecological processes and spatial patterns before, during and after simulated deforestation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 202, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 397-409

  Malanson, George P ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Kupfer, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Fragmentation; Habitat; Matrix; Resilience; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY;

COMPETITION-COLONIZATION MODELS; EXTINCTION DEBT CONCEPT; PATTERN PROCESS;

DEFORESTATION;

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; FRAGMENTATION; RESILIENCE;

EID: 33847687267     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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