Mapping the species richness and composition of tropical forests from remotely sensed data with neural networks

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 37-42

  Foody, Giles M ^a   Cutler, Mark E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Neural network; Remote sensing; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; FORESTRY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

KOHONEN NETWORKS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TREE SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIODIVERSITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33646155530     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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