Managing Uncertainty in a Geospatial Model of Biodiversity

Uncertainty in Remote Sensing and GIS

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 167-185

  Warren, Anthony J ^a   Collins, Michael J ^a   Johnson, Edward A ^a   Ehlers, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canopy stem density (CSD); Forest Management License Area (FMLA); Geospatial data; Geospatial model of biodiversity; Managing uncertainty; Prince Albert National Park (PANP); Simple multivariate linear regression; Uncertainty level in richness predictions; Uncertainty propagation

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS;

GEO-SPATIAL DATA; GEOSPATIAL MODEL; MANAGING UNCERTAINTY; MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NATIONAL PARKS; STEM DENSITY; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 34250815656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470035269.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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