Correction of location errors for presence-only species distribution models

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 207-214

  Hefley, Trevor J ^a   Baasch, David M ^b   Tyre, Andrew J ^a   Blankenship, Erin E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Headwaters Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Grus americana; Inhomogeneous Poisson point process; Location errors; Measurement error; Nebraska; Opportunistic sightings; Public land survey system; Regression calibration; Whooping crane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897802221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12144     Document Type: Article

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