Spatial scaling of core and dominant forest cover in the upper Mississippi and Illinois river floodplains, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 697-708

  De Jager, Nathan R ^a   Rohweder, Jason J ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Exponential decay; Forest fragmentation; Fractal half scale; Landscape pattern; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895057705     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9594-2     Document Type: Article

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