Accuracy and cost of models predicting bird distribution in agricultural grasslands

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 28-34

  Barbottin, A ^a   Tichit, M ^a   Cadet, C ^b   Makowski, D ^b  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian Model Averaging; Bird; Cost; Livestock farming system; Logistic regression; Model selection; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FARMING SYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LOGISTICS; WADER;

AVES; TRINGA; TRINGA TOTANUS; VANELLUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 74449088184     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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