Dear colleagues,

I have a set of presence/absence spatial data (1,0) representing the 
locations of site infested/uninfested trees by a tree pest. The 
distribution of infested sites (1) presents a strong trend toward the 
south (infested sites are much more abundant in the south). All 
semivariance estimators (variogram, std variogram, correlogram) are thus 
biased by this trend. I would like to estimate the infestation probability 
using kriging, but wonder how I should adress this. I have considered the 
following options:

a) Indicator kriging: Can IK account for spatial trend ? If so, how  ? 
(any indication regarding software package would be appreciated)

b) Universal kriging of binary data: would this be a valid way to estimate 
infestation probability ? If not, what would be the caveats of using such 
approach ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated and will be summarized to the list.

Have a good day,

Marius Gilbert




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Dr. Marius Gilbert
Collaborateur Scientifique FNRS
Laboratoire de biologie animale et cellulaire
Universite Libre de Bruxelles CP 160/12
50, av F.D. Roosevelt  1050, Bruxelles BELGIUM
http://lubies.ulb.ac.be
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