On the application of multilevel modeling in environmental and ecological studies

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 355-361

  Qian, Song S ^a   Cuffney, Thomas F ^b   Alameddine, Ibrahim ^a   Mcmahon, Gerard ^b   Reckhow, Kenneth H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems; EUSE; Hierarchical model; Regression; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MODEL TEST; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL;

EID: 77949282368     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1043.1     Document Type: Article

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