Estimation of missing Ellenberg Indicator Values for tree species in South-eastern Europe: a comparison of methods

• Published in: Ecological indicators Vol. 160; p. 111851
• Main Authors: Leccese, Letizia, Fanelli, Giuliano, Cambria, Vito Emanuele, Massimi, Marco, Attorre, Fabio, Alfò, Marco, Aćić, Svetlana, Bergmeier, Erwin, Čarni, Andraž, Cuk, Mirjana, Custerevska, Renata, Dimopoulos, Panayotis, Hoda, Petrit, Mullaj, Alfred, Šilc, Urban, Skvorc, Zeljko, Stancic, Zvjezdana, Dajic Stevanovic, Zora, Tzonev, Rossen, Vassilev, Kiril, Malatesta, Luca, De Sanctis, Michele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2024; Elsevier
• Subjects: algorithms; Biodiversity informatics; Bioindication; data collection; ecology; Europe; expert opinion; geographical distribution; humidity; Missing values; Plant indicators; regression analysis; soil pH; soil water; Southern European region; species; temperature; trees; vegetation; Vegetation databases; Vegetation ecology; Europe; Southern European region; Plant indicators; Bioindication; Biodiversity informatics; Vegetation ecology; Missing values; Vegetation databases

•Estimating missing Ellenberg Indicator Values (EIV) could help plant ecology studies.•We tested and compared several methods for estimating missing EIV from existing data.•Multiple Linear Regression and k-Nearest Neighbour performed better than the others.•Statistical methods are more effective tha...