Mapping eastern hemlock: Comparing classification techniques to evaluate susceptibility of a fragmented and valued resource to an exotic invader, the hemlock woolly adelgid

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 266, Issue , 2012, Pages 216-222

  Clark, Joshua T ^a   Fei, Songlin ^b   Liang, Liang ^a   Rieske, Lynne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision tree; Eastern hemlock; Hemlock woolly adelgid; Invasive species; MaxEnt

Indexed keywords

ADELGES TSUGAE; CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; DECISION TREE CLASSIFICATION; DECISION TREE METHOD; EASTERN HEMLOCK; EASTERN KENTUCKY; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; END USERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FOREST SPECIES; HEMIPTERA; HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAXENT; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; MODEL ACCURACY; MODEL CONSTRUCTION; MODELING APPROACH; MODELING TECHNIQUE; OVERFITTING; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; PRESENCE-ABSENCE DATA; TREE MORTALITY; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

DECISION TREES;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; APHID; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECISION ANALYSIS; ENTROPY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; OPTIMIZATION; PEST CONTROL;

CLASSIFICATION; DECISION THEORY; FORESTRY; MAPPING; MORTALITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; CONIUM; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 83455225560     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.030     Document Type: Article

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