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  Current Development in Theory and Applications of Wavelets  
 ISSN: 0973-5607
 
 
 

     Current Development in Theory and Applications of Wavelets
    Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 89 - 103 (April 2008)


ECOLOGICAL APPLICATION OF WAVELET ANALYSIS IN THE PERIODIC DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF DESERT PLANT

J. B. Xie (P. R. China) and T. Liu (P. R. China)

Received January 30, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: caespitose plants, periodicity, edge effect, wavelet analysis.

 


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