Meta-analysis in ecology

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 32, Issue , 2001, Pages 199-247

  Gurevitch, Jessica ^a   Curtis, Peter S ^a   Jones, Michael H ^a  

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EID: 0142083345     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2504(01)32013-5     Document Type: Review

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