Two multi-scale contextual approaches for mapping spatial pattern

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 711-725

  Massada, Avi Bar ^a   Radeloff, Volker C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape structure; Multi scale; Spatial context, scalogram

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FOREST COVER; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT;

EID: 77952743983     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9452-7     Document Type: Article

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