Modelling the productivity of naturalised pasture in the North Island, New Zealand: A decision tree approach

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-311

  Zhang, Baisen ^a   Valentine, Ian ^a   Kemp, Peter ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Data mining; Decision tree; Modelling; Naturalised hill pasture; Productivity; Regression model

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AVERAGE SQUARED ERROR (ASE); DECISION TREE; PASTURE PRODUCTIVITY; PREDICTIVE ABILITY;

ECOLOGY;

DATA MINING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PASTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 22144487373     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.12.016     Document Type: Article

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