Using crisp and fuzzy modelling to identify favourability hotspots useful to perform gap analysis

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 857-871

  Estrada, Alba ^a   Real, Raimundo ^a   Vargas, J Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Andalusia; Conservation planning; Fuzzy logic; Mammals; Natural reserve network; Spain; Spatial modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAMMAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 41149155294     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9328-1     Document Type: Article

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