Contextual clustering for configuring collaborative conservation of watersheds in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-407

  Myers, Wayne L ^a   McKenney Easterling, Mary ^a   Hychka, Kristen ^a   Griscom, Bronson ^b   Bishop, Joseph A ^a   Bayard, Alynne ^b   Rocco, Gian L ^a   Brooks, Robert P ^a   Constantz, George ^b   Patil, G P ^a   Taillie, Charles ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Canaan Valley Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Clustering; Environment; Geographic information systems; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750580867     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-006-0019-3     Document Type: Article

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