Evaluating presence-absence models in ecology: The need to account for prevalence

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 921-931

  Manel, Stéphanie ^a   Ceri Williams, H ^b   Ormerod, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohen's kappa; Logistic regression; Model performance; Model testing; ROC; Species; Validation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EID: 0034770214     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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