Spatial analysis of roadside Acacia populations on a road network using the network K-function

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 491-499

  Spooner, Peter G ^a   Lunt, Ian D ^a   Okabe, Atsuyuki ^b   Shiode, Shino ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acacia; Anthropogenic disturbance; Field margins; Kernel estimation; Road verge; Stream ecology

Indexed keywords

NETWORK ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA;

EID: 4043103481     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAND.0000036114.32418.d4     Document Type: Article

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