Geostatistical modelling of spatial distribution of Balaenoptera physalus in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea from sparse count data and heterogeneous observation efforts

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 615-628

  Monestiez, P ^a,c   Dubroca, L ^b,c   Bonnin, E ^c   Durbec, J P ^c   Guinet, C ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Fin whale; Geostatistics; Kriging; Poisson distribution; Relative abundance map; Sightings data; Variogram estimation

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

BIAS CORRECTION; GEOSTATISTICS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE MAP;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA;

EID: 29544432699     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.08.042     Document Type: Article

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