Using regression trees to predict alpha diversity based upon geographical and habitat characteristics

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3863-3876

  Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^a,b   Ragia, Vaia ^a   Sgardelis, Stefanos P ^a   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Natura 2000; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDICTION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 35448993517     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9186-2     Document Type: Article

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