Spatial autocorrelation and red herrings in geographical ecology

Alexandre Felizola Diniz‐Filho, José; Mauricio Bini, Luís; A. Hawkins, Bradford

doi:10.1046/j.1466-822x.2003.00322.x

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Spatial autocorrelation and red herrings in geographical ecology

Published in Global Ecology and Biogeography • Jan 1, 2003

Authors:

José Alexandre Felizola Diniz‐Filho

Luís Mauricio Bini

Bradford A. Hawkins

Abstract

ABSTRACT Aim Spatial autocorrelation in ecological data can inflate Type I errors in statistical analyses. There has also been a recent claim that spatial autocorrelation generates ‘red herrings’, such that virtually all past analyses are flawed. We consider the origins of this phenomenon, the impli...

Subject

Spatial analysis

Ordinary least squares

Autocorrelation

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