Assessment of herbaceous plant habitats in water-constrained environments: Predicting indirect effects with fuzzy logic

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 537-556

  Svoray, Tal ^a   Gancharski, Shiri Bar Yamin ^a   Henkin, Zalmen ^b   Gutman, Mario ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; GIS; Habitat; Herbaceous production; Remote sensing; Water availability

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS PLANTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS; WETNESS INDEX;

ECOSYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; LAND COVER; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; GIS; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 4143142069     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.06.037     Document Type: Article

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