Clustering versus regression trees for determining ecological land units in the southern California mountains and foothills

Forest Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 354-368

  Franklin, Janet ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital terrain model; Ecological land classification; Landsat Thematic Mapper; NDVI; Peninsular Ranges

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GEOLOGY; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; VEGETATION;

LANDSCAPES;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0037533733     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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