Downscaling livestock census data using multivariate predictive models: Sensitivity to modifiable areal unit problem

Daniele Da Re; Marius Gilbert; Celia Chaiban; Pierre Bourguignon; Weerapong Thanapongtharm; Timothy P. Robinson; Sophie O. Vanwambeke

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0221070

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Downscaling livestock census data using multivariate predictive models: Sensitivity to modifiable areal unit problem

Daniele Da Re ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: daniele.dare@uclouvain.be

Affiliation George Lemaitre Centre for Earth and Climate Research, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3398-9295

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Marius Gilbert,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Spatial Epidemiology Lab (SpELL), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Celia Chaiban,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations George Lemaitre Centre for Earth and Climate Research, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Spatial Epidemiology Lab (SpELL), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Pierre Bourguignon,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation George Lemaitre Centre for Earth and Climate Research, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Weerapong Thanapongtharm,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Livestock Development (DLD), Bangkok, Thailand
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Timothy P. Robinson,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Policies, Institutions and Livelihoods (PIL), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya, Livestock Information, Sector Analysis and Policy Branch (AGAL), Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
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Sophie O. Vanwambeke

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation George Lemaitre Centre for Earth and Climate Research, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6620-6173

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Downscaling livestock census data using multivariate predictive models: Sensitivity to modifiable areal unit problem

Daniele Da Re,
Marius Gilbert,
Celia Chaiban,
Pierre Bourguignon,
Weerapong Thanapongtharm,
Timothy P. Robinson,
Sophie O. Vanwambeke

Published: January 27, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221070
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