Environmental impact prediction using neural network modelling. An example in wildlife damage

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 317-326

  Spitz, François ^a   Sovan, Lek ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Cultivated fields; Decision making; Predictive model; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PREDICTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0344436090     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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