Spatial analysis of semi-arid patchy vegetation by the cumulative distribution of patch boundary spacings and transition probabilities

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-281

  Webster, Richard ^a   Maestre, F T ^b,c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma function; Geostatistics; Maps; Mosaic vegetation; Semi arid; Spatial pattern; Stipa tenacissima

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; MODELING; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANTHYLLIS CYTISOIDES; BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM RETUSUM; GLOBULARIA; STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 4344639490     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EEST.0000038015.83910.37     Document Type: Article

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