Landscape ecology deals with the patterning of ecosystems in space. Methods are needed
to quantify aspects of spatial pattern that can be correlated with ecological processes. The …

Deciduous forest patterns were evaluated, using fractal analysis, in the US Geological
Survey 1: 250,000 Natchez Quadrangle, a region that has experienced relatively recent …

The description and analysis of landscape patterns became a central research issue in
landscape ecology with the emergence of the pattern-process hypothesis (Turner and …

Context Landscape ecology was founded on the idea that there is a reciprocal relationship
between spatial pattern and ecological processes. I provide a retrospective look at how the …

/Describing patterns in the landscape and interpreting the effects of these patterns on flora,
fauna, and other factors has been of long-standing interest. Many descriptors have been …

Geographical information systems (GIS) are well suited to the spatial analysis of landscape
data, but generally lack programs for calculating traditional measures of landscape structure …

Kilometers-wide landscapes are spatially complex. Often, the consequences of spatial
heterogeneity on the flow of organisms and energy is unknown, primarily due to a lack of …

Fractal concepts have attracted substantial popular attention in the past few years. The key
ideas originated in studies of map data, and many of the applications continue to be …

Mandelbrot's fractal geometry is a revolution in topological space theory and, for the first
time, provides the possibility of simulating and describing landscapes precisely by using a …

The objectives of this study were to determine how landscape patterns in Georgia, USA
have changed through time and whether the spatial patterns varied by physiographic region …