Predicting the distribution of out-of-reach biotopes with decision trees in a Swedish marine protected area

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2248-2264

  Gonzalez Mirelis, Genoveva ^a,b   Lindegarth, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biotope; Distribution modeling; Kosterhavet National Park, Sweden; Predictive mapping; Spatially explicit modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOTOPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAPPING METHOD; MARINE PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL PLANNING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84871186280     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1608.1     Document Type: Article

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