Landscapes as gradients: The spatial structure of terrestrial ecosystem components in southern Ontario, Canada

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 34-41

  Bridges, Lisa M ^a   Crompton, Ashleigh E ^a   Schaefer, James A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Habitat; Power laws; Spatial scale; Variogram

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34247529440     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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