Applying fuzzy logic to comparative distribution modelling: A case study with two sympatric amphibians

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Barbosa, A Mrcia ^a,b   Real, Raimundo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BUFO BUFO; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDALEA CALAMITA; FUZZY LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUFONIDAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY LOGIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84862317520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/428206     Document Type: Article

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