Comparing predicted historical distributions of tree species using two tree-based ensemble classification methods

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 443-455

  Hanberry, Brice B ^a   He, Hong S ^a   Palik, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTORICAL RECORD; MAPPING; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 84873045533     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-168.2.443     Document Type: Review

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