Yes, that is what I meant by geographic units. It has both advantages and disadvantages: data may already be available, and may be much more statistically-powerful; on the other hand, variance-components like BLUP usually are done with individuals available, and I’m not sure about the interpretation/correctness of doing it otherwise.
Yes, that is what I meant by geographic units. It has both advantages and disadvantages: data may already be available, and may be much more statistically-powerful; on the other hand, variance-components like BLUP usually are done with individuals available, and I’m not sure about the interpretation/correctness of doing it otherwise.