A general framework for determining cutoff values to select pollen analogs with dissimilarity metrics in the modern analog technique

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 263-280

  Wahl, Eugene R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutoff values; False negative error; False positive error; Modern analog technique; Paleoecology; Pollen analysis; ROC analysis; Southern California; Squared chord distance; Type I error; Type II error

Indexed keywords

PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642567967     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(03)00137-4     Document Type: Article

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