Influence of landscape structure and stand age on species density and biomass of a tropical dry forest across spatial scales

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-370

  Hernández Stefanoni, J Luis ^a   Dupuy, Juan Manuel ^a   Tun Dzul, Fernando ^a   May Pat, Filogonio ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Landscape patterns; PCNM analysis; Spatial scales; Tropical dry forest succession; Variation partitioning; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGE STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPOT; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

EID: 79951808990     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9561-3     Document Type: Article

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