Numerical reproduction of traditional classifications and automatic vegetation identification

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 620-628

  De Cáceres, Miquel ^a   Font, Xavier ^a   Vicente, Paloma ^a   Oliva, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Expert systems; Fuzzy sets; Phytosociological data; Possibilistic C means; Syntaxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECISION; REPRODUCTION; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70249095990     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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