Three way k-fold cross-validation of resource selection functions

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 244-255

  Wiens, Trevor S ^a   Dale, Brenda C ^b   Boyce, Mark S ^c   Kershaw, G Peter ^c  

^a Canadian Wildlife Service ^*  (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baird's Sparrow; Habitat selection; Horned Lark; k Fold cross validation; Model selection; Prediction; Resource selection function; Spatial variation; Sprague's Pipit; Temporal variation; Validation

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

HABITAT SELECTION; HORNED LARK; MODEL SELECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GRASSLAND; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSAT; MODEL VALIDATION; PASSERINE; PREDICTION; RESOURCE USE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; EREMOPHILA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 39649110857     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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