Current state of the art for statistical modelling of species distributions

Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation

Volumn 9784431877714, Issue , 2010, Pages 273-311

  Hegel, Troy M ^a   Cushman, Samuel A ^b   Evans, Jeffrey ^d   Huettmann, Falk ^c  

^a Yukon Government   (Canada)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; COMPUTATIONAL ABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; NUMBER OF SPECIES; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; STATE OF THE ART; STATISTICAL MODELLING;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84920053757     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-87771-4_16     Document Type: Chapter

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