From satellite imagery to peatland vegetation diversity: How reliable are habitat maps?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Poulin, Monique ^a   Careau, Denis ^b   Rochefort, Line ^a   Desrochers, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Société de Mathématiques Appliquées

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EID: 54249088575     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00446-060216     Document Type: Article

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