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Count data on a lattice may arise in observational studies of ecological phenomena. In this paper a hierarchical spatial model is used to analyze weed counts. Anisotropy is introduced, and a bivariate extension of the model is presented.
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Kruijer, W., Stein, A., Schaafsma, W. et al. Analyzing spatial count data, with an application to weed counts. Environ Ecol Stat 14, 399–410 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10651-007-0027-y
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