Generalized linear mixed models can detect unimodal species-environment relationships
Niche theory predicts that species occurrence and abundance show non-linear, unimodal relationships with respect to environmental gradients. Unimodal models, such as the Gaussian (logistic) model, are however more difficult to fit to data than linear ones, particularly in a multi-species context in...
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PeerJ Inc.
2013-07-01
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