Modeling the distribution of four vegetation alliances using generalized linear models and classification trees with spatial dependence

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 157, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 227-247

  Miller, Jennifer ^a   Franklin, Janet ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification tree; Generalized linear model; Indicator kriging; Mojave Desert; Predictive vegetation modeling

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DESERT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037202441     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00196-5     Document Type: Article

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