Spatiotemporal exploratory models for broad-scale survey data

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2131-2147

  Fink, Daniel ^a   Hochachka, Wesley M ^a   Zuckerberg, Benjamin ^a   Winkler, David W ^b   Shaby, Ben ^c   Munson, M Arthur ^d   Hooker, Giles ^c   Riedewald, Mirek ^e   Sheldon, Daniel ^d   Kelling, Steve ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^d Department of Computer Science and School of Operations Research and Information Engineering   (United States)

^e Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Ensemble model; Exploratory analysis; Multiscale; Sample bias; Semiparametric; Spatiotemporal; Survey data

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOTIC FACTOR; FIELD SURVEY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SAMPLING BIAS; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 78149373096     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1340.1     Document Type: Article

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