Application of machine learning techniques to the analysis of soil ecological data bases: Relationships between habitat features and Collembolan community characteristics

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-209

  Kampichler, Christian ^a   Džeroski, Sašo ^b   Wieland, Ralf ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT; MODEL; NEURAL NETWORK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0342905084     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00147-9     Document Type: Article

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