Multiscale analysis of the relationship between topography and aboveground biomass in the tropical rainforests of Sulawesi, Indonesia

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 455-472

  Propastin, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Biomass; GWR; Non stationarity; Scaledependency; Topography

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; GIS; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFOREST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 79957594634     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2010.518570     Document Type: Article

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