Regression analysis of spatial data

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-264

  Beale, Colin M ^a   Lennon, Jack J ^a   Yearsley, Jon M ^b,c   Brewer, Mark J ^d   Elston, David A ^d  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditional autoregressive; Generalized least squares; Macroecology; Ordinary least squares; Simultaneous autoregressive; Spatial analysis; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial eigenvector analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; MACROECOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 74549164251     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01422.x     Document Type: Review

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