Modeling environmental responses of plant associations by fuzzy set theory

Community Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-80

  Andreucci, F ^a   Biondi, E ^a   Feoli, E ^b   Zuccarello, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fuzzy sets; Halophilous vegetation; Italy; Northern Adriatic coasts; Phytosociology; Synecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142051152     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.1.2000.1.10     Document Type: Article

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