Using the past to predict the present: Confidence intervals for regression equations in phylogenetic comparative methods

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 346-364

  Garland, Theodore ^a   Ives, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Ancestor reconstruction; Comparative method; Metabolic rate; Phylogeny; Regression

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0034001912     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303327     Document Type: Article

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