A fuzzy habitat suitability index for Populus euphratica in the Northern Amudarya delta (Uzbekistan)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 184, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 313-328

  Rüger, Nadja ^a,b   Schlüter, Maja ^a   Matthies, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amudarya river delta; Aral Sea; Ecological assessment; Fuzzy index approach; Habitat suitability; HSI; Populus euphratica; Tugai forest

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS;

GROUNDWATER LEVEL; NORTHERN AMUDARYA DELTA, UZBEKISTAN; RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HABITAT QUALITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUZZY LOGIC; GEOLOGY; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; POPULUS; RIVERS;

AMU DARYA DELTA; ARAL SEA; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WEST ASIA; WORLD;

POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 16344395218     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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