On the use of path analysis and related procedures for the investigation of ecological problems

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-159

  Grace, James B ^a   Pugesek, Bruce H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory covariance analysis; LISREL; Path analysis; Statistical ecology; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031840065     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286156     Document Type: Note

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