A fractal landscape realizer for generating synthetic maps

Ecology and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Hargrove, William W ^a   Hoffman, Forrest M ^a   Schwartz, Paul M ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical maps; Fractal; Fractal Realizer; FRAGSTATS; Landscape ecology; Neutral model; Null model; Pattern; Pseudoreplication; Realization; Simulation; Synthetic map; Turing Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249154814     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00371-060102     Document Type: Article

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