Assignment of Relevés to Pre-Defined Classes by Supervised Clustering of Plant Communities Using a New Composite Index

Question: How does a newly designed method of supervised clustering perform in the assignment of relevé (species composition) data to a previously established classification. How do the results compare to the assignment by experts and to the assignment using a completely different numerical method?...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Vegetation Science. - Opulus Press. - 19(2008), 4, Seite 525-536
1. Verfasser: van Tongeren, Onno (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Gremmen, Niek, Hennekens, Stephan
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of Vegetation Science
Schlagworte:Supervised cluster analysis Likelihood Characteristic cover Phytosociological data Vegetation survey Classification Identification Determination ASSOCIA Economics mehr... Biological sciences Information science Philosophy Applied sciences Behavioral sciences