The importance of data-selection criteria: Meta-analyses of stream predation experiments

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1132-1141

  Englund, Göran ^a   Sarnelle, Orlando ^b,d   Cooper, Scott D ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data selection criteria; Meta analysis; Non independence; Predation experiments; Predator effects in streams; Stream predation experiments

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DATA SET; PREDATION;

EID: 0033003518     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1132:TIODSC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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