Explaining species distribution patterns through hierarchical modeling

Bayesian Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 1 A, 2006, Pages 41-92

  Gelfand, Alan E ^a   Silander Jr , John A ^b   Wu, Shanshan ^c   Latimer, Andrew ^b   Lewis, Paul O ^b   Rebelo, Anthony G ^d   Holder, Mark ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c ING Clarion   (United States)

^d National Botanic Institute   (South Africa)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive rejection method; Markov random field; Spatial logistic regression; Species range; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867147419     PISSN: 19360975     EISSN: 19316690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/06-BA102     Document Type: Article

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