A GIS based spatially explicit model of dispersal agent behavior

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 524-537

  Qiu, Fang ^a   Li, Bin ^b   Chastain, Bryan ^a   Alfarhan, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CA model; Dispersal agent behavior; Forest landscape modeling; GIS; Habitat destruction; Seed dispersal simulation; Species competition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; SEED;

CA MODEL; DISPERSAL AGENT BEHAVIOR; FOREST LANDSCAPE MODELING; HABITAT DESTRUCTION; SEED DISPERSAL SIMULATION; SPECIES COMPETITION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ANISOTROPY; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; GIS; HABITAT LOSS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MODELING; SEED DISPERSAL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; GIS; SEEDS; SIMULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38349188577     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.038     Document Type: Article

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