Modelling the third dimension: Incorporating topography into the movement rules of an individual-based spatially explicit population model

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 169-181

  Alderman, J ^a   Hinsley, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Elevation; PatchMapper; Perceptual range; SEPM; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34548689342     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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