Case-based predictions for species and habitat mapping

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 259-281

  Remm, Kalle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Image interpretation; Lazy learning; Species and habitat mapping

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; OTEPAA;

ABIES; CONIFERALES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 3042849069     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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