Exploratory path analysis with applications in ecology and evolution

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1113-1138

  Shipley, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY PATH ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

PRUNUS MAHALEB; ROSACEAE;

EID: 0030616742     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286041     Document Type: Article

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