A quantitative approach to developing regional ecosystem classifications

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 608-618

  Host, George E ^a   Polzer, Philip L ^a   Mladenoff, David J ^b   White, Mark A ^c   Crow, Thomas R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Pacific Forest Trust   (United States)

^d Forestry Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ecological land classification; Geographic information systems; Landscape ecosystem; Physiography; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL LAND CLASSIFICATION; GIS; LAND CLASSIFICATION; REGIONAL CLASSIFICATION;

USA, WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030422545     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269395     Document Type: Article

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