Spatial data for modelling and management of freshwater ecosystems

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2123-2140

  Chee, Yung En ^a   Elith, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

boosted regression trees; ecologically meaningful attributes; fish species distribution models; multi scale; prediction; transferability

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84869447921     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2012.717628     Document Type: Article

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