Biogeography and landscape ecology: The way forward - gradients and graph theory

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 424-436

  Kent, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climate change; Landscape ecology; Palaeoecology; Soil science

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; SOIL SCIENCE;

EID: 77951249124     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133309338119     Document Type: Article

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