Evaluating the effectiveness of landscape metrics in quantifying spatial patterns

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-223

  Peng, Jian ^a   Wang, Yanglin ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Wu, Jiansheng ^a   Li, Weifeng ^b   Li, You ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape metrics; Multivariable regression analysis; Sign effect; SIMMAP; Spatial pattern components

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE METRICS; MULTIVARIABLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGN EFFECT; SIMMAP; SPATIAL PATTERN COMPONENTS;

METAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

METRIC SYSTEM;

CORRELATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LINEARITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 70449113314     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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