Validation of the sigmoid wave curve fitting algorithm on a forest-tundra ecotone in the Northwest Territories, Canada

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Hufkens, Koen ^a   Scheunders, Paul ^a   Ceulemans, Reinhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arctic; Ecological boundary; Gradient analysis; Spatial pattern; Vegetation analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; MODEL VALIDATION; TUNDRA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 60149092970     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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