Measuring boundary convexity at multiple spatial scales using a linear "moving window" analysis: An application to coastal river otter habitat selection

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1575-1587

  Albeke, Shannon E ^a,b   Nibbelink, Nathan P ^a   Mu, Lan ^a   Ellsworth, Daniel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary shape; Ecotone; Fractal dimension; Landscape and patch metrics; Lontra canadensis; Sinuosity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOTONE; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE; LINEARITY; MUSTELID; PATCHINESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAM;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS;

EID: 78049268419     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9528-4     Document Type: Article

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