Path analysis: A critical evaluation using long-term experimental data

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-42

  Smith, Felisa A ^a   Brown, James H ^a   Valone, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KANGAROO RAT; PATH ANALYSIS;

DIPODOMYS;

EID: 0030619646     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285977     Document Type: Article

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