The statistical evaluation of ecological indicators

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 132-139

  Murtaugh, Paul A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary response; Ecological indicator; Lake and stream acidification; Predictive value; Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve; Remote sensing; Sensitivity; Signal detection theory; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001152606     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269559     Document Type: Article

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