Evaluating the effects of climate change on tree species abundance and distribution in the Italian peninsula

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-255

  Attorre, Fabio ^a   Alfò, Marco ^a   De Sanctis, Michele ^a   Francesconi, Fabio ^a   Valenti, Roberto ^a   Vitale, Marcello ^a   Bruno, Franco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Generalized additive model; Geostatistical methods; Italian peninsula; Random Forest; Regression tree analysis

Indexed keywords

MALVACEAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 79952076496     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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