EHabitat, a multi-purpose Web Processing Service for ecological modeling

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-133

  Dubois, G ^a   Schulz, M ^a   Skoien J ^a   Bastin, L ^b   Peedell, S ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological modeling; EHabitat; Model web; Multi disciplinary interoperability; SOA; Web processing services

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EHABITAT; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY; SOA; WEB PROCESSING SERVICE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS;

INTEROPERABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EOS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERPOLATION; NICHE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AVES;

EID: 84871810833     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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