Probability weighted indices for improved ecosystem report card scoring

Environmetrics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 351-360

  Fox, David R ^a,b  

^a Environmetrics Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health; Environmental assessment; Probability weighted moments; Report card scoring

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84903885605     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.2285     Document Type: Article

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