environmental

Bayesian inference for finite populations under spatial process settings

We develop a Bayesian model–based approach to finite population estimation accounting for spatial dependence. Our innovation here is a framework that achieves inference for finite population quantities in spatial process settings. A key distinction …

Model-Based Combination of Spatial Information for Stream Networks

Evolutionary improvements in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) now routinely allow the management and mapping of spatial-temporal information. In response, the development of statistical models to combine information of different types and spatial …

Incorporating Utilization Distributions into the Study of Resource Selection: Dealing With Spatial Autocorrelation

An accurate estimate of resource use by an animal can be summarized by regressing local- and landscape level resources on an individual animal’s or population’s utilization distribution (UD) in a spatially explicit way. The resulting equation is …

Relating Resources to a Probabilistic Measure of Space Use: Forest Fragments and Steller’s Jays

Many analytical techniques that assess resource selection focus on individual relocation points as the sample unit and classify resources as either used or available. Commonly, the relative use of each resource is quantified as the number of …

Statistical Methods for Ecological Assessment Of Riverine Systems By Combining Information From Multiple Sources

The assessment of environmental risk and the evaluation of environmental policies increasingly require accurate and relevant information about the environment. For policy makers and stakeholders to evaluate possible policy changes, an understanding …

Spatial Distribution of Green Mold Foci in Thirty Commercial Mushroom Crops

Statistical analyses were performed on spatial distributions of mushroom green mold foci caused by Trichoderma spp. in 30 standard Pennsylvania doubles (743 $m^2$ production surface) selected at random from over 900 total crops mapped. Mapped …

Spatial–Temporal Modeling of Meteorological Fields with application to Climate Change

The traditional best linear unbiased prediction procedure ('Kriging') is used in this paper for inference, but within a Bayesian framework. See Brown, Le and Zidek (1994) for an alternative Bayesian formulation. Our approach is to exam how posterior …

An Approach to Statistical Spatial-Temporal Modeling of Meteorological Fields” (with discussion)

In this article we develop a random field model for the mean temperature over the region in the northern United States covering eastern Montana through the Dakotas and northern Nebraska up to the Canadian border. The readings are temperatures at the …

An Approach to Statistical Spatial-Temporal Modeling of Meteorological Fields” (rejoinder)

This is the rejoinder to the discussion of 'An Approach to Statistical Spatial-Temporal Modeling of Meteorological Fields' (https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.1994.10476754)

Comment on "Estimating or Choosing a Geostatistical Model" by Oliver Dubrule

This is a comment of 'Estimating or Choosing a Geostatistical Model' by Oliver Dubrule. His paper was presented at a conference to honour the remarkable contribution of Michel David in the inception, establishment and development of Geostatistics. …