Effects of abiotic and anthropogenic factors on the spatial distribution of Quercus faginea in the Spanish Central Pyrenees

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 999-1007

  Kouba, Y ^a   Alados, C L ^a   Bueno, C G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; Explanatory models; Hierarchical partitioning; Land use variables; Species distribution models (SDM)

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; DIGITAL MAP; GIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PYRENEES;

QUERCUS FAGINEA;

EID: 79956135225     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9880-0     Document Type: Article

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