Domains of scale in forest-landscape metrics: Implications for species-habitat modeling

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-267

  Wheatley, Matthew ^a  

^a Alberta Parks and Protected Areas   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domains of scale; GIS; Landscape metrics; Orders of resource selection; Scale

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; RESOURCE SELECTION; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 77349110188     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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