Curve Fit: A pixel-level raster regression tool for mapping spatial patterns

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 789-792

  De Jager, Nathan R ^a   Fox, Timothy J ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ArcMap; Landscape assessment; Landscape pattern; Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881574162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12068     Document Type: Article

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