Tropical deforestation in Madagascar: Analysis using hierarchical, spatially explicit, Bayesian regression models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-131

  Agarwal, Deepak K ^a   Silander Jr , John A ^b   Gelfand, Alan E ^c   Dewar, Robert E ^b   Mickelson Jr , John G ^d  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistical hierarchical models; Human population pressure; Land use classification; Misaligned spatial data; Multiple imputation; Spatially explicit regression models; Statistical model comparison; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN REGRESSION METHOD; RAIN FORESTS;

DEFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 16844364999     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.11.023     Document Type: Article

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