Regional vegetation mapping in Australia: A case study in the practical use of statistical modelling

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2239-2274

  Cawsey, E M ^a   Austin, M P ^a   Baker, B L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Ecological modelling; Generalised additive models; Geographic information systems; Relational databases; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; PREDICTION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036937691     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021350813586     Document Type: Article

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