Assessing the fragility of ecosystem using artificial neural network model

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 621-626

  Li, Shuang Cheng ^a   Wu, Shao Hong ^a   Dai, Er Fu ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Assessment; Ecosystem; Fragility

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244365566     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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