Source-sink landscape theory and its ecological significance

Frontiers of Biology in China

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-136

  Chen, Liding ^a   Fu, Bojie ^a   Zhao, Wenwu ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological process; Landscape ecology; Landscape pattern; Source sink landscape theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449151164     PISSN: 16733509     EISSN: 16733622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-008-0026-x     Document Type: Article

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