UTOOLS: Microcomputer software for spatial analysis and landscape visualization

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 397 PNW_GTR, 1997, Pages

  Ager, Alan A ^a   McGaughey, Robert J ^a  

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Author keywords

Ecosystem management; Ecosystem planning; Geographic information system; Habitat analysis; Landscape ecology; Landscape visualization; Spatial analysis; Spatial databases; Visualization software; Watershed analysis; Wildlife habitat relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943092536     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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