Fuzzy k-means classification of topo-climatic data as an aid to forest mapping in the Greater Yellowstone Area, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 523-546

  Burrough, Peter A ^a   Wilson, John P ^b   Van Gaans, Pauline F M ^a   Hansen, Andrew J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; Fuzzy k means; GIS; Landscape classification; Topo climatic analysis; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035209212     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013167712622     Document Type: Article

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