Characterization, delineation and visualization of agro-ecozones using multivariate geographical clustering

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-132

  Castrignanò, Annamaria ^a   de Benedetto, Daniela ^a   Girone, Giacoma ^a   Guastaferro, Francesca ^a   Sollitto, Donato ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agro ecozone (AEZ); Fuzzy C means classification; Geostatistics; Management zone

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CORRELATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GEOSTATISTICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL PROFILE; TERRITORIAL PLANNING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION; ZONING POLICY;

ITALY;

EID: 84857267961     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2010.121     Document Type: Article

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