Ordination of self-organizing feature map neural networks and its application to the study of plant communities

Frontiers of Forestry in China

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-296

  Zhang, Jintun ^a   Meng, Dongping ^b   Xi, Yuexiang ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gradient analysis; Ordination; Quantitative methodology; Self organizing feature map; Taihang mountains; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349792866     PISSN: 16733517     EISSN: 16733630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11461-009-0041-3     Document Type: Article

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