Multivariate analysis and self-organizing mapping applied to analysis of nest-site selection in Black-tailed Gulls

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 602-614

  Lee, Who Seung ^a   Kwon, Young Soo ^a   Yoo, Jeong Chil ^a   Song, Mi Young ^b   Chon, Tae Soo ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Black tailed Gulls; Nest site characteristics; Nest site selection; Principal Component Analysis; Self Organizing Map

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BLACK-TAILED GULLS; NEST-SITE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-ORGANIZING MAP;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEST SITE; SEABIRD; SITE SELECTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

AVES; LARUS CRASSIROSTRIS;

EID: 32644466855     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.08.043     Document Type: Article

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