Spatially explicit structural equation modeling

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2434-2442

  Lamb, Eric G ^a   Mengersen, Kerrie L ^b   Stewart, Katherine J ^a,c   Attanayake, Udayanga ^a   Siciliano, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c YUKON COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lag distance; Spatial correlation; Spatial ecological analysis; Spatial environment ecological response relationships; Structural equation modeling; Variance covariance matrices

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84907210945     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1997.1     Document Type: Article

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