A comparison of SOFM ordination with DCA and PCA in gradient analysis of plant communities in the midst of Taihang Mountains, China

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 367-374

  Zhang, Jin tun ^a   Dong, Yiru ^b   Xi, Yuexiang ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Neural network; Ordination; Plant community; Quantitative method; Vegetation environment relation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS;

EID: 56549083648     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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