Landscape vegetation modelling with vital attributes and fuzzy systems theory

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-184

  Roberts, David W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystems; Fuzzy logic; Landscape structure; Vegetation dynamics; Vital attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268183     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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