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A Review of Approaches for Automated Habitat Mapping and their Potential Added Value for Biodiversity Monitoring Projects

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|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2019-0015 | Journal eISSN: 1805-4196 | Journal ISSN: 1803-2427
Language: English
Page range: 53 - 69
Submitted on: Jul 9, 2019
Accepted on: Sep 5, 2019
Published on: Dec 30, 2019
Published by: Czech Society for Landscape Ecology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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