Testing for latitudinal and other body-size gradients

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-111

  Manly, Bryan F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Altitude gradients; Body size; Latitude gradients; Randomization test

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0003054484     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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