Landscape ecology: Coupling of pattern, process, and scale

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-391

  Fu, Bojie ^a   Liang, Di ^a   Lu, Nan ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Integrated model; Landscape ecology; Pattern and process; Regional synthesis research; Scale

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH;

EID: 84862784758     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-011-0480-2     Document Type: Article

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