Prediction of habitat quality using ordination and neural networks

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1180-1187

  Ejrnæs, Rasmus ^a   Aude, Erik ^a   Nygaard, Bettina ^a   Münier, Bernd ^b  

^a D   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biological integrity; Classification model; Conservation; Diversity; Naturalness; Nature quality; Plant community; Plant ecology; Vegetation science

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0242500440     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1180:pohquo]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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