Spatial validation reveals poor predictive performance of large-scale ecological mapping models
Mapping ecological variables using machine-learning algorithms based on remote-sensing data has become a widespread practice in ecology. Here, the authors use forest biomass mapping as a study case to show that the most common model validation approach, which ignores data spatial structure, leads to...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-09-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18321-y |