Multivariate geostatistical methods for analysis of relationships between ecological indicators and environmental factors at multiple spatial scales

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 339-347

  Ribeiro, Manuel Castro ^a   Pinho, Pedro ^a,b   Llop, Esteve ^c   Branquinho, Cristina ^b   Sousa, António Jorge ^a   Pereira, Maria João ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Linear Model of Coregionalization; Multivariate geostatistics; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GAIN INSIGHT; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; GEOSTATISTICAL METHOD; JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; LAND COVER; LINEAR MODEL OF COREGIONALIZATION; MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS; MULTIVARIATE GEOSTATISTICS; PARTICLE EMISSIONS; REGIONAL FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; VARIOGRAM ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FOG; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GEOSTATISTICS; LAND COVER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84873648093     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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