Evaluating confidence intervals for habitat suitability models

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 347-352

  Bender, Louis C ^a,c,d,e   Roloff, Gary J ^b,e,f,g   Haufler, Jonathan B ^b,e,h,i,j  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b Boise Cascade Corporation   (United States)

^c INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^g EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j University of New Hampshire ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

bootstrapping; confidence intervals; habitat suitability index models; HSI; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GREY SQUIRREL; HABITAT SUITABILITY INDEX; MODELLING;

USA, MICHIGAN, HURON-MANISTEE NATIONAL FOREST;

EID: 0029661016     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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