Generating realistic assemblages with a joint species distribution model

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 465-473

  Harris, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Breeding bird survey; Neural network; Probabilistic graphical model; Species assemblages; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84927019987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12332     Document Type: Article

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