Multiscale analysis of landscape heterogeneity: Scale variance and pattern metrics

Geographic Information Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-19

  Wu, Jianguo ^a   Luck, Matt ^a   Jelinski, Dennis E ^b   Tueller, Paul T ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 85024037671     PISSN: 10824006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10824000009480529     Document Type: Article

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