Evaluation and prediction of shrub cover in coastal Oregon forests (USA)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-98

  Kerns, Becky K ^a   Ohmann, Janet L ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest understory; Linear regression; Pacific Northwest; Predictive models; Regression trees; Shrubs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FOREST UNDERSTORY; LINEAR REGRESSION; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PREDICTIVE MODELS; REGRESSION TREES; SHRUBS;

ECOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SHRUB; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342535867     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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