Hierarchical analysis of spatially autocorrelated ecological data using integrated nested Laplace approximation

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 921-929

  Beguin, Julien ^a   Martino, Sara ^b   Rue, Håvard ^b   Cumming, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical spatial models; CAR model; Mat rn; MCMC; Spatial autocorrelation; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875271012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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