Modelling species richness and life form composition in Sahelian Burkina Faso with remote sensing data

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1506-1517

  Schmidt, M ^a,b   Konig K ^b   Muller J V ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Collection data; Conservation; GARP; Species distribution models; Vascular plants; West Africa

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SANDY SOIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 44949166381     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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