Spatial aggregation effects on the simulation of landscape pattern and ecological processes in southern California plant communities

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-40

  Syphard, Alexandra D ^a   Franklin, Janet ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Scale; Spatial aggregation; Spatially explicit landscape model; Succession

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

EID: 4544276151     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.01.017     Document Type: Article

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