Predicting survival in new environments through analytical GIS application

Environmental Software

Volumn 11, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 113-121

  Rutherford, M C ^a   O'Callaghan, M ^a   Powrie, L W ^a   Hurford, J L ^a   Schulze, R E ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Geographical information system; Metapopulation system; Migration model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE SURFACE; METAPOPULATION SYSTEM; METAPOPULATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ARC/INFO;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; GIS; MIGRATION MODEL; PLANT POPULATION; PLANT SPECIES; SURVIVAL; TERRAIN TYPE;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

EID: 0030422526     PISSN: 02669838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-9838(96)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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