GLM versus CCA spatial modeling of plant species distribution

Plant Ecology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-122

  Guisan, Antoine ^a,b   Weiss, Stuart B ^c   Weiss, Andrew D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Constrained ordination; Disturbances; Logistic regression; Model comparison; Plant distribution; Spatial modeling; Spring Mountains (Nevada)

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; MODELING; PLANT COMMUNITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032872025     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009841519580     Document Type: Article

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