A GIS-based multi-scale approach to habitat suitability modeling

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-15

  Store, Ron ^a   Jokimäki, Jukka ^a,b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cartographic modeling; GIS; Habitat suitability evaluation; Multi scale

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; HABITAT;

EID: 0347604898     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00203-5     Document Type: Article

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