GIS protocols in mapping ecological landtypes for the hoosier national forest

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 180-186

  Shao, Guofan ^a   Parker, Geroge R ^a   Zhalnin, Andrey V ^a   Merchant, Patrick ^b   Albright, Deb ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hoosier National Forest   (United States)

^c Hoosier National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; Ecological classification; ELT mapping; Forest management; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL LANDTYPE (ELT) MAPPING;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 10944263685     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/21.4.180     Document Type: Article

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