Likelihood analysis of species occurrence probability from presence-only data for modelling species distributions

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 545-554

  Royle, J Andrew ^a   Chandler, Richard B ^a   Yackulic, Charles ^a   Nichols, James D ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes' rule; Detection probability; Logistic regression; maxent; Occupancy model; Occurrence probability; Presence only data; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863982602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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