TELSA: The Tool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 227-242

  Kurz, W A ^a   Beukema, S J ^a   Klenner, W ^b   Greenough, J A ^a   Robinson, D C E ^a   Sharpe, A D ^c   Webb, T M ^d  

^a ESSA Technologies Ltd   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c Nobility Environmental Software Inc   (Canada)

^d PO Box 811   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Forest dynamics; Landscape modeling; Natural disturbances; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISASTERS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; USER INTERFACES; VEGETATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE MODELING; NATURAL DISTURBANCES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE TELSA; VEGETATION SUCCESSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0034213395     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(00)00109-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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