Logic of experiments in ecology: Is pseudoreplication a pseudoissue?

Oikos

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-38

  Oksanen, L ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

EID: 0034881658     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.11311.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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