Testing a model for the prediction of isolated waters in the Sonoran Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Drake, Joseph C ^a   Jenness, Jeffrey S ^b   Calvert, Jordan ^a   Griffis Kyle, Kerry L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jenness Enterprises ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Ephemeral water; Mahalanobis distance; Model; Predictive; Slope; Southwestern United States; Topographic wetness index; Wetland

Indexed keywords

GIS; POLYGON; PREDICTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARIZONA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923859444     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.02.018     Document Type: Article

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