Spatial autocorrelation and statistical tests: Some solutions

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-206

  Dale, Mark R T ^a   Fortin, Marie Josée ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivariate test; Correlation; Ecological data; Goodness of fit; T test

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649101891     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jabes.2009.0012     Document Type: Article

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