Evaluating resource selection functions

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 157, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 281-300

  Boyce, Mark S ^a   Vernier, Pierre R ^b   Nielsen, Scott E ^a   Schmiegelow, Fiona K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Logistic regression; Model selection; Prediction; Resource selection functions; RSF; Validation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PREDICTION; REGRESSION; RESOURCE SELECTION;

EID: 0037202455     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00200-4     Document Type: Article

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