The utility of artificial neural networks for modelling the distribution of vegetation in past, present and future climates

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 311-327

  Hilbert, David W ^a   Ostendorf, Bertram ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Australia; Global change; Landscape ecology; Modelling; Rainforest; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; VEGETATION;

EID: 0035669680     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00323-4     Document Type: Article

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