A comparison of analysis units for associating Lyme disease with forest-edge habitat

Community Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-197

  Jackson, Laura E ^a   Levine, J F ^b   Hilborn, E D ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Landscape; Maryland; Modifiable areal unit problem; Negative binomial model; Roads; Scale; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BOUNDARY DELIMITATION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FOREST EDGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LYME DISEASE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; ZONATION;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 34248644048     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.7.2006.2.6     Document Type: Article

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