Publication Details |
Category | Text Publication |
Reference Category | Journals |
DOI | 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02716.x |
Title (Primary) | Less than eight (and a half) misconceptions of spatial analysis |
Author | Kühn, I. ; Dormann, C.F. |
Source Titel | Journal of Biogeography |
Year | 2012 |
Department | CLE; BZF |
Volume | 39 |
Issue | 5 |
Page From | 995 |
Page To | 1003 |
Language | englisch |
Keywords | Biogeography; macroecology; spatial analysis; spatial autocorrelation; spatial trends; statistical analyses |
Abstract | Spatial analyses are indispensable analytical tools in biogeography and macroecology. In a recent Guest Editorial, Hawkins (Journal of Biogeography, 2012, 39, 1–9) raised several issues related to spatial analyses. While we concur with some points, we here clarify those confounding (1) spatial trends and spatial autocorrelation, and (2) spatial autocorrelation in the response variable and in the residuals. We argue that recognizing spatial autocorrelation in statistical modelling is not only a crucial step in model diagnostics, but that disregarding it is essentially wrong. |
Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=12256 |
Kühn, I., Dormann, C.F. (2012): Less than eight (and a half) misconceptions of spatial analysis J. Biogeogr. 39 (5), 995 - 1003 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02716.x |