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Understanding spatial effects in species distribution models
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dc.contributor.author | Paradinas, Iosu | |
dc.contributor.author | Illian, Janine | |
dc.contributor.author | Smout, Sophie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-31T09:30:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-05-31T09:30:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-05-30 | |
dc.identifier | 286919402 | |
dc.identifier | 45643e2c-de03-42de-ac60-b551c0832d5e | |
dc.identifier | 85160637557 | |
dc.identifier | 001000621000036 | |
dc.identifier | 37253039 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Paradinas , I , Illian , J & Smout , S 2023 , ' Understanding spatial effects in species distribution models ' , PLoS ONE , vol. 18 , no. 5 , e0285463 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285463 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: urn:1B9BA66F7AB6FB19BF6114B8AABE3C62 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/27703 | |
dc.description | Funding: IP was funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellowship (GAP-847014). | en |
dc.description.abstract | Species Distribution Models often include spatial effects which may improve prediction at unsampled locations and reduce Type I errors when identifying environmental drivers. In some cases ecologists try to ecologically interpret the spatial patterns displayed by the spatial effect. However, spatial autocorrelation may be driven by many different unaccounted drivers, which complicates the ecological interpretation of fitted spatial effects. This study aims to provide a practical demonstration that spatial effects are able to smooth the effect of multiple unaccounted drivers. To do so we use a simulation study that fit model-based spatial models using both geostatistics and 2D smoothing splines. Results show that fitted spatial effects resemble the sum of the unaccounted covariate surface(s) in each model. | |
dc.format.extent | 6 | |
dc.format.extent | 490889 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS ONE | en |
dc.subject | QL Zoology | en |
dc.subject | GC Oceanography | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject | MCC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QL | en |
dc.subject.lcc | GC | en |
dc.title | Understanding spatial effects in species distribution models | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Coastal Resources Management Group | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0285463 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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