Methodological Advances in the Spatial Analysis of Land Fragmentation

Professional Geographer

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 512-526

  Zhang, Sainan ^a   York, Abigail M ^a   Boone, Christopher G ^a   Shrestha, Milan ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fragmentation; gradients; moving window size

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD; URBANIZATION;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879151479     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2012.700501     Document Type: Article

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