A circular statistics tool for the preliminary identification of unknown periods in biological rhythms: An application

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 563-572

  Rocchi, Marco B L ^a   Ghiandoni, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological rhythms; Chronobiology; Circular statistics; Exploratory analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032713582     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.30.5.563.1402     Document Type: Article

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