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Description and Analysis of Spatial Patterns

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Patch Dynamics

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics ((LNBM,volume 96))

Abstract

Spatial pattern is a conspicuous characteristic of any ecosystem and has received much attention from researchers over the last decade and a half (e.g., Steele 1978, Pickett and White 1985, Kolasa and Pickett 1991), most recently under the name of landscape ecology (Forman and Godron 1986, Turner and Gardner 1991). Description of patchiness in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial systems presents different problems, particularly in terms of mechanisms of patch formation (e.g., Wiens 1976 and Pickett and White 1985 in terrestrial systems; and Legendre and Demers 1984, Mackas et al. 1985, Hamner 1988, Barry and Dayton 1991, and Downing 1991 in aquatic systems). Deutschman et al. (this volume) supply specific examples of mechanisms of patch formation.

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  1. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, 08544-1003, Eno Hall, Princeton, NJ, USA

    Simon A. Levin

  2. Division of Environmental Sciences, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

    Thomas M. Powell

  3. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 02543, Woods Hole, MA, USA

    John W. Steele

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García-Moliner, G. et al. (1993). Description and Analysis of Spatial Patterns. In: Levin, S.A., Powell, T.M., Steele, J.W. (eds) Patch Dynamics. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 96. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50155-5_7

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