EcoLens: Integration and interactive visualization of ecological datasets

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-69

  Parr, Cynthia Sims ^a   Lee, Bongshin ^a,b   Bederson, Benjamin B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data integration; Food webs; Taxonomy; Visualization

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FOOD WEB; SOFTWARE; VISUALIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; TUESDAY LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247508009     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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