Increasing the reliability of ecological models using modern software engineering techniques

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 253-260

  Scheller, Robert M ^a   Sturtevant, Brian R ^b   Gustafson, Eric J ^b   Ward, Brendan C ^a   Mladenoff, David J ^c  

^a Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ERROR CORRECTION; FORESTRY MODELING; PRECISION; RESEARCH WORK; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77953339868     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/080141     Document Type: Review

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