Detecting hot and cold spots in a seagrass landscape using local indicators of spatial association

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2005-2018

  Barrell, Jeffrey ^a   Grant, Jon ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold spots; Geostatistics; Getis Ord Gi*; Hot spots; Seagrass; Seascape; Spatial scale; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOSTATISTICS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SEAGRASS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84888289198     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9937-2     Document Type: Article

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