Comparison of the performance of species response models in several landscape units in the province of Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-223

  Ertsen, A C D ^a   Bio, A M F ^a   Bleuten, W ^a   Wassen, M J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extrapolation; Logistic regression; Sampling design; Unimodal response model; Validation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; SPECIES RESPONSE MODEL; VEGETATION RESPONSE;

NETHERLANDS, NOORD-HOLLAND;

EID: 0032507996     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00053-2     Document Type: Article

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