Characterization of spatial scaling relationships between vegetation pattern and topography at different directions in Gurbantunggut desert, China

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-242

  Xie, Jiangbo ^a,b,c   Liu, Tong ^a  

^a SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Cross scale relationship; Sand dunes; Vegetation pattern; Water gradient; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955661991     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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