Occam's shadow: Levels of analysis in evolutionary ecology - Where to next?

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 19-48

  Cooch, Evan G ^a   Cam, Emmanuelle ^a   Link, William ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; NATURAL SELECTION; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 0036150059     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760120108421     Document Type: Article

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