Determining landscape extent for succession and disturbance simulation modeling

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 993-1006

  Karau, Eva C ^a   Keane, Robert E ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Forest succession; Scale; Simulation modeling; Vegetation and disturbance dynamics

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAP; RESOLUTION; SIMULATION; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 34547229226     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9081-y     Document Type: Article

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