Indexing variability: A case study with climate change impacts on ecosystems

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 749-769

  Coulson, David ^a   Joyce, Linda ^b  

^a SI International   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Change point detection; Cumulative sum of squares; Indexing variance; Moving block methodology; Variance shift

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHANGE POINT DETECTION; CUMULATIVE SUM OF SQUARES; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; INDEXING VARIANCE; MOVING BLOCK METHODOLOGY; VARIANCE SHIFT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

EID: 33745814434     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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