Biophysical aggregations of a forested landscape using an ecological diagnostic system

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-39

  Coughlan, Joseph C ^a   Running, Steven W ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

CLASSIFICATION METHODS; DATA SET; DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; KNOWLEDGE BASED; KNOWLEDGE-BASED CLASSIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE-BASED METHODS; RASTER DATA; WATER STRESS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOPHYSICAL LANDTYPE; DATA AGGREGATION; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; FOREST LANDSCAPE; KNOWLEDGE BASED CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0029776567     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.1996.tb00031.x     Document Type: Article

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