Regression models for spatial prediction: Their role for biodiversity and conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2085-2092

  Lehmann, A ^a   Overton, J McC ^b   Austin, M P ^c  

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

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community composition; Conservation; Generalized additive models; Generalized linear models; Geographic information systems; Hotspots; Reserve network; Spatial predictions; Species distribution; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; REGRESSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036937198     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021354914494     Document Type: Article

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