Applying Bayesian statistics to organism-based environmental reconstruction

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 618-630

  Toivonen, Hannu T T ^a   Mannila, Heikki ^b   Korhola, Atte ^c   Olander, Heikki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Department of Ecology and Systematics ^*  (Finland)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling and inference; Bayesian statistics; Chironomidae; Environmental reconstruction; Fennoscandia, northern; Holocene palaeotemperatures; Organism based; Palaeoclimate; Reconstruction methods; Regression and calibration techniques

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 0035065659     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0618:ABSTOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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