Predicting potential natural vegetation in an interior northwest landscape using classification tree modeling and a GIS

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-127

  Kelly, Alison ^a   Powell, David C ^b   Riggs, Robert A ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Boise Cascade Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLASSIFICATION TREE MODELING; PLANT ASSOCIATION GROUPS; PREDICTIVE MODELS;

VEGETATION;

DATA BASES; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 19044376085     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/20.2.117     Document Type: Article

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