Modelling the spatial distribution of Natura 2000 habitats across Europe

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-159

  Mücher, Caspar A ^a   Hennekens, Stephan M ^a   Bunce, Robert G H ^a   Schaminée, Joop H J ^a,b   Schaepman, Michael E ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disaggregation; Environmental data sets; Knowledge rules; Land cover; Remote sensing; Spatial modelling

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; ECOSYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SITE SELECTION;

DISAGGREGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; KNOWLEDGE RULES; LAND COVER; SPATIAL MODELLING;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; MODELING; PROTECTED AREA; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67649823415     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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