A new, multi-scaled graph visualization approach: An example within the playa wetland network of the Great Plains

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 769-782

  McIntyre, Nancy E ^a   Strauss, Richard E ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contour mapping; Graph theory; Network; Sliding window

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONTOUR MAP; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLAYA; TOPOLOGY; VISUALIZATION; WETLAND; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

GREAT PLAINS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876085850     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9862-4     Document Type: Article

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