Why the beta-function cannot be used to estimate skewness of species responses

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 147-152

  Oksanen, Jari ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Artefact; Gaussian function; Generalized linear model; Gradient analysis; Model fitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030942569     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237252     Document Type: Review

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