Incorporating anthropogenic variables into a species distribution model to map gypsy moth risk

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-350

  Lippitt, Christopher D ^a   Rogan, John ^a   Toledano, James ^a   Sangermano, Florencia ^a   Eastman, J Ronald ^a   Mastro, Victor ^b   Sawyer, Alan ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Invasive species; Neural network; Risk; Species distribution modeling

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; ECOSYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING;

PEST CONTROL;

HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAPPING METHOD; MODELING; MOTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 36248964117     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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