Preliminary ecological land classification of the Chauga Ridges Region of South Carolina

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 114, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 385-393

  J Hutto, Curtis ^a   B Shelburne, Victor ^a   Jones, Steven M ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Williams Environmental Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Discriminant analysis; Multifactor land classification

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GIS; LAND CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033593904     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00369-7     Document Type: Article

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