Non-parametric habitat models with automatic interactions

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 819-830

  McCune, Bruce ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat model; Kernel smoothing; Larix occidentalis; Lobaria; Local model; Non parametric multiplicative regression; NPMR; Picea glauca; Picea mariana; Regression; Species response surface; Spruce

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT QUALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SMOOTHING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

LARIX; LARIX OCCIDENTALIS; LOBARIA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33846899994     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)17[819:NHMWAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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