Prediction of Alternaria and Pleospora concentrations from the meteorological forecast and artificial neural network in L'Aquila, Abruzzo (Central Italy)

Aerobiologia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 127-136

  Tomassetti, Barbara ^a   Angelosante Bruno, Antonella ^a   Pace, Loretta ^a   Verdecchia, Marco ^a   Visconti, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerobiological monitoring; Alternaria; Artificial neural network; Fungal spores; Pleospora

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLEOSPORA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNARIA; AQUILA; PLEOSPORA;

EID: 69049095983     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-009-9117-7     Document Type: Article

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