Prediction of biodiversity - Regression of lichen species richness on remote sensing data

Community Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-133

  Waser, L T ^a   Stofer, S ^a   Schwarz, M ^a   Kuchler M ^a   Ivits, E ^b   Scheidegger, C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; CIR orthoimages; Landscape ecology; Lichens; Linear regression models; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LICHEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 3142773415     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.5.2004.1.12     Document Type: Article

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