Piecewise regression: A tool for identifying ecological thresholds

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2034-2041

  Toms, Judith D ^a   Lesperance, Mary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Change point regression; Edge effects; Forest understory community (Vancouver Island); Piecewise regression; Plant community; Principal components analysis; Segmented regression

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDGE EFFECT; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGRESSION;

EID: 0344585295     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0472     Document Type: Article

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