Spatial autocorrelation and autoregressive models in ecology

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 445-463

  Lichstein, Jeremy W ^a,c   Simons, Theodore R ^a   Shriner, Susan A ^a   Franzreb, Kathleen E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Lab Invest Ecologicas las Yungas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

CAR model; Habitat model; Landscape effects; Moran's I; Neotropical migrant songbirds; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial autoregressive model; Trend surface analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; HABITAT; REGRESSION; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; NORTH CAROLINA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

PASSERI;

EID: 0036707171     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0445:SAAAMI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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