Macroinvertebrate assemblages in glacial stream systems: A comparison of linear multivariate methods with artificial neural networks

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 119-131

  Lencioni, Valeria ^a   Maiolini, Bruno ^a   Marziali, Laura ^b   Lek, Sovan ^c   Rossaro, Bruno ^b  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Chironomidae; Glacial streams; Multivariate analysis; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LINEAR REGRESSION; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS (CANCOR); CHIRONOMIDAE; GLACIAL STREAMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 34047215524     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.028     Document Type: Article

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