Predicting plant species richness in a managed forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 180, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 583-593

  Skov, Flemming ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^b  

^a Kalø   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Field layer vegetation; Fuzzy cognitive maps; GIS; Ground flora; Plant distribution mapping

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COGNITIVE MAPPING;

FORESTRY;

FLORA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

FAGUS;

EID: 0038607576     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00646-1     Document Type: Article

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