The integration of ecological, neural and spatial modelling for monitoring and prediction for semi-arid landscapes

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1003-1012

  Mann, Samuel ^a   Benwell, George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bare ground; Linear regression; Neural networks; New Zealand; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND DEGRADATION; MODELLING; MONITORING; NEURAL NETWORK; RANGELAND; REGRESSION; REMOTE SENSING; SEMI-ARID REGION; SEMIARID REGION;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0030429441     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(96)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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