An application of fuzzy set ordination to determine tree habitat suitability of sites from a regional data set

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 739-746

  Fulton, Mark R ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy set theory; Noise reduction; Scale

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SET ORDINATION; FUZZY SET THEORY; HABITAT SUITABILITY; TREE;

EID: 0030301182     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236385     Document Type: Article

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