Prediction of plant species distribution in lowland river valleys in Belgium: Modelling species response to site conditions

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2189-2216

  Bio, Ana M F ^a   De Becker, Piet ^b   De Bie, Els ^b   Huybrechts, Willy ^b   Wassen, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Generalized additive model(ling); Generalized linear model(ling); Phreatophytes; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PLANT; PREDICTION; SITE EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BELGIUM;

MOLVA MOLVA;

EID: 0036937201     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021346712677     Document Type: Article

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