Spatial prediction of tree and shrub succession in a small watershed in Northern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 181-199

  Gullison, Jeremy J ^a   Bourque, Charles P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Cape Breton Highlands; Ecosystem succession modelling; Forest transition model; Landscapes; Spatially explicit

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION;

CANADA;

EID: 0035916092     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(00)00428-2     Document Type: Article

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