Landscape patterns in boundary intensity: A case study of mussel beds

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 745-759

  Robles, Carlos D ^a   Garza, Corey ^a,b   Desharnais, Robert A ^a   Donahue, Megan J ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary intensity; Cellular automata; CLUMPY; Facilitation; Mytilus sp.; Neighborhood effect; Photo mosaic; Scale; Spatially constrained cluster algorithm

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LIMITING FACTOR; NEIGHBORHOOD; ROCKY SHORE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE ENERGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS; MYTILUS SP.;

EID: 77952742437     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9450-9     Document Type: Article

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