Quantifying landscape-scale patterns of temperate forests over time by means of neutral simulation models

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-109

  Frate, Ludovico ^a   Carranza, Maria Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Empirical distribution; Forest regrowth; Landscape pattern index; Midpoint displacement algorithm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923625681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi2010094     Document Type: Article

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