Equivalence of MAXENT and Poisson Point Process Models for Species Distribution Modeling in Ecology

Biometrics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 274-281

  Renner, Ian W ^a   Warton, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat modeling; Location only; Maximum entropy; Poisson likelihood; Presence only data; Use availability

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HABITAT MODELLING; LOCATION-ONLY; MAXIMUM-ENTROPY; MODELING APPROACH; POISSON LIKELIHOOD; POISSON POINT PROCESS; PRESENCE-ONLY DATUM; PROCESS-MODELS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING; USE-AVAILABILITY;

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84875940984     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2012.01824.x     Document Type: Article

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