Selecting discriminant function models for predicting the expected richness of aquatic macroinvertebrates

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 359-372

  Sickle, John Van ^a   Huff, David D ^b,d   Hawkins, Charles P ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Oregon Department Environmental Quality   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant function; Expected richness; Model selection; Model validation; O E model; RIVPACS

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PREDICTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 33645060737     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01487.x     Document Type: Article

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