Threshold detection: matching statistical methodology to ecological questions and conservation planning objectives

Threshold detection: matching statistical methodology to ecological questions and conservation planning objectives

Two types of ecological thresholds are now being widely used to develop conservation targets: breakpoint-based thresholds represent tipping points where system properties change dramatically, whereas classification thresholds identify groups of data points with contrasting properties. Both breakpoin...

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Main Authors: Judith D. Toms, Marc-André Villard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2015-06-01
Series:Avian Conservation and Ecology
Subjects:
breakpoint-based threshold
classification and regression tree
classification threshold
ecological thresholds
logistic regression
occupancy threshold
piecewise regression
ROC analysis
Online Access:http://www.ace-eco.org/vol10/iss1/art2/

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http://www.ace-eco.org/vol10/iss1/art2/

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