The ITE land classification: Providing an environmental stratification of Great Britain

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 39-46

  Bunce, R G H ^a   Barr, C J ^a   Gillespie, M K ^a   Howard, D C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030042272     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00396134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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