Characterizing forest fragmentation: Distinguishing change in composition from configuration

Applied Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 426-435

  Long, Jed A ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn A ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest loss; Landscape change; Landscape displacement; Mountain pine beetle; Spatial pattern; Trajectory analysis

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; TRAJECTORY;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 77952554518     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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