Improving the usability of spatial point process methodology: an interdisciplinary dialogue between statistics and ecology
Improving the usability of spatial point process methodology: an interdisciplinary dialogue between statistics and ecology
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DOI：
10.1007/s10182-017-0301-8
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发表时间：
2017-10-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Burslem, David F. R. P.
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作者：
Illian, Janine B.;Burslem, David F. R. P.
在过去的几十年里，空间点处理方法受到了越来越多的关注和大力发展，相关的促进模型拟合的软件已经问世。这些进展中有很大一部分是通过免费提供的软件使用户更容易获得这些方法的。然而，在生态用户群体中，尽管该方法与该领域有明显的相关性，但它只被缓慢地接受。本文对这一发展进行了反思，强调了统计学和生态学的跨学科对话的互惠互利。我们详细介绍了这次对话对生物多样性理论研究的贡献点过程方法，并反思了该方法采用缓慢的原因。这主要涉及到目前缺乏对这些方法的可用性的考虑，我们对此进行了详细讨论，介绍了目前的讨论情况，并指出了未来的方向。
The last few decades have seen an increasing interest and strong development in spatial point process methodology, and associated software that facilitates model fitting has become available. A lot of this progress has made these approaches more accessible to users, through freely available software. However, in the ecological user community the methodology has only been slowly picked up despite its obvious relevance to the field. This paper reflects on this development, highlighting mutual benefits of interdisciplinary dialogue for both statistics and ecology. We detail the contribution point process methodology has made to research on biodiversity theory as a result of this dialogue and reflect on reasons for the slow take-up of the methodology. This primarily concerns the current lack of consideration of the usability of the approaches, which we discuss in detail, presenting current discussions as well as indicating future directions.