An indicator of forest dynamics using a shifting landscape mosaic

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-117

  Riitters, Kurt H ^a   Wickham, James D ^b   Wade, Timothy G ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land cover pattern; Markov model; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

FOREST DYNAMICS; LAND COVER (LC); LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION;

LANDFORMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; HABITAT MOSAIC; MARKOV CHAIN; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48149089001     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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