How to cope with negative estimates of components of variance in ecological field studies

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-95

  Fletcher, D J ^a   Underwood, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Hierarchical analysis; Spatial pattern; Variance components

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037014481     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00142-9     Document Type: Article

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