Fusing tree-ring and forest inventory data to infer influences on tree growth
M. E. K. Evans, D. A. Falk, A. Arizpe, T. L. Swetnam, F. Babst, K. E. Holsinger
This paper develops a Bayesian hierarchical model to combine tree-ring and forest inventory data to infer factors influencing tree growth, finding that combining data improves parameter estimates but not predictive accuracy.
bioRxiv · Dec 30, 2016Ecology