Understanding co-occurrence by modelling species simultaneously with a Joint Species Distribution Model (JSDM)

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 397-406

  Pollock, Laura J ^a   Tingley, Reid ^a   Morris, William K ^a   Golding, Nick ^b   O'Hara, Robert B ^c   Parris, Kirsten M ^a   Vesk, Peter A ^a   Mccarthy, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biotic interactions; Community assembly; Correlated residuals; Eucalyptus; Frogs; Species covariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900561067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12180     Document Type: Article

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