GPS and GIS methods in an african rain forest: Applications to tropical ecology and conservation

Ecology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a,c   Duncan, Brean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Canopy interference; Differential correction; Frugivores; Geographic information systems; Global positioning system; Kibale National Park; Seed dispersal; Spatial ecology; Tropical rain forest; Uganda; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249163742     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00282-050206     Document Type: Article

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