Hierarchical Partitioning

Hierarchical Partitioningについて

温暖化関係の2000年代前半の論文をあさっていると，よくこの言葉を目にします。
多重共線性に対処するための手法らしいのですが，気になって調べてみると

MacNally (1996) Hierarchical partitioning as an interpretative tool in multivariate inference, Austral Ecology 21, 224-228

MacNally (2000) Regression and model-building in conservation biology, biogeography and ecology: The distinction between – and reconciliation of – ‘predictive’ and ‘explanatory’ models, Biodiversity and Conservation, 9, 655-671

MacNally (2004) Multiple regression and inference in ecology and conservation biology: further comments on identifying important predictor variables, Biodiversity and Conservation,11, 1397-1401

どうも，何かに似ているな〜


MacNally & Walsh (2004) Hierarchical partitioning public-domain software, Biodiversity and Conservation 13, 659-660

S・Rでもパッケージがあるみたいだな〜
と，いろいろ探していると...

Gibson et al. (2004) Spatial prediction of rufous bristlebird habitat in a coastal heathland: a GIS-based approach, Journla of Ecology, 41, 213-223

やっぱり，Akaike weightでした