Can land use intensity be reliably quantified by using a single self-thinning relationship?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 675-677

  Schall, Peter ^a   Ammer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877136734     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0847.1     Document Type: Letter

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