Application of a Kohonen's self-organizing map for evaluation of long-term changes in forest vegetation

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 405-414

  Adamczyk, Jolanta J ^a   Kurzac, Maria ^a   Park, Young Seuk ^b   Kruk, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Central Poland; Changes of vegetation; Forest phytocoenoses; IndVal; Nature reserve; SOM

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOINDICATOR; BIOTOPE; DATA SET; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAP; NATURE RESERVE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; VEGETATION MAPPING;

BABSK NATURE RESERVE; LODZKIE; POLAND;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84872896857     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01468.x     Document Type: Article

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