Huisman–Olff–Fresco models (HOF models) are a hierarchical set of 5 models with increasing complexity, designated for fitting
unimodal species response curve
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s on
environmental gradient.
A implementation of the model including extension for bimodal distributions exists as an
R module downloadable from
CRAN.
References
Oksanen's introduction of HOF models, and software to compute them*
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Ecological theories