Considerations for ecological reconstruction of historic vegetation: Analysis of the spatial uncertainties in the California Vegetation Type Map dataset

Plant Ecology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-49

  Kelly, Maggi ^a   Ueda, Ken Ichi ^a   Allen Diaz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CART; Historical vegetation data; Spatial error; VTM

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT TYPE; MAPPING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION HISTORY; VEGETATION TYPE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549028789     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9273-1     Document Type: Article

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