A GIS-based empirical model for vegetation prediction in Lefka Ori, Crete

Plant Ecology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 311-323

  Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N ^a   Griffiths, Geoffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alti Mediterranean zone; Classification trees; Community distribution; Greece; Predictive modelling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GIS; MATRIX; SLOPE ANGLE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

CANEA; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WHITE MOUNTAINS;

ALYSSUM; CIRSIUM; CREPIS; DIANTHUS; DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; HERNIARIA; LOMELOSIA; PEUCEDANUM; TELEPHIUM;

EID: 33646252226     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9075-2     Document Type: Article

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