Use and interpretation of logistic regression in habitat-selection studies

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 774-789

  Keating, Kim A ^a   Cherry, Steve ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Case control; Contaminated control; Exponential model; Habitat modeling; Log binomial model; Logistic model; Resource selection function; Resource selection probability function; Sampling design; Use availability

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SELECTION; SAMPLING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 12144266865     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0774:UAIOLR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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