A new method for predicting vegetation distributions using decision tree analysis in a geographic information system |
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Authors: | D M Moore B G Lees S M Davey |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geography Department of Forestry, Australian National University, Box 4, 2601 Canberra, A.C.T., Australia |
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Abstract: | Decision tree analysis was used to predict the distribution of forest communities in an area on the south coast of New South
Wales, Australia. The analysis was carried out using a geographical information system environmental data base of those topographic
and geological variables thought to influence the distribution of vegetation and derived from cartographic sources. The resulting
maps of forest communities are of a resolution sufficient to delimit individual forest stands and contain much ecological
information. |
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Keywords: | Vegetation Prediction Distribution Decision tree analysis Geographic information system |
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