Sensitivity and effectiveness and of landscape metric scalograms in determining the characteristic scale of a hierarchically structured landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 343-363

  Zhang, Na ^a   Li, Harbin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Class level metric; FRAGSTATS; Hierarchically structured neutral landscape; Multi scale pattern; Scale effect; Scale issues; Scaling; Xilin River Basin of Inner Mongolia

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SCALE EFFECT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; XILIN BASIN;

EID: 84873735370     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9837-x     Document Type: Article

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