A comparison of different biogeographical classifications of Europe, Great Britain and Spain

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-134

  Bunce, R G H ^a   Carey, P D ^a   Elena Rossello, R ^b   Orr, J ^c   Watkins, J ^a   Fuller, R ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental classifications; Kappa statistic; Objective similarities; Policy implications

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SPAIN; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036623402     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.2002.0533     Document Type: Article

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