Transition from connected to fragmented vegetation across an environmental gradient: Scaling laws in ecotone geometry

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gastner, Michael T ^a,b   Oborny, Beata ^c   Zimmermann, D K ^c   Pruessner, Gunnar ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental gradient; Fractal geometry; Landscape connectivity; Patch dynamics; Tree line

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVERGREEN TREE; PATCH DYNAMICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION TYPE; WOODLAND;

JUNIPERUS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; JUNIPERUS; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; JUNIPERUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW MEXICO;

EID: 66849142466     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599292     Document Type: Article

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