A causal modelling approach to spatial and temporal confounding in environmental impact studies

Environmetrics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 626-638

  Paul, Warren L ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Before after control impact (BACI) design; Causal modelling; Environmental impact study; Pseudoreplication; Spatial and temporal confounding

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GRAPHICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79959984930     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.1111     Document Type: Article

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