A mixture model-based approach to the classification of ecological habitats using Forest Inventory and Analysis data

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1150-1156

  Zhang, Lianjun ^a   Liu, Chuangmin ^a   Davis, Craig J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; NEURAL NETWORKS;

ECOLOGICAL HABITATS; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS (FIA); FOREST RESEARCH; GAUSSIAN MIXTURE MODELS (GMM);

FORESTRY;

CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; SPECIES INVENTORY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042723796     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-005     Document Type: Article

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