Validating landtype associations using forest inventory and analysis data and neutral landscape models

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 761-774

  He, Hong S ^a,c   White, Shawn K ^a   Nigh, Timothy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

FIA; Landtype association; LTA delineation; LTA validation; Missouri; Neutral landscape model

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; LAND TYPE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOCAL PLANNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING; WATERSHED;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952742250     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9446-5     Document Type: Article

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