Landscape pattern analysis: Key issues and challenges

Key Topics in Landscape Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 39-61

  Li, Harbin ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84927023014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511618581.004     Document Type: Chapter

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