How important is the statistical approach for analyzing categorical data? A critique using artificial nests

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 305-315

  Lewis, Keith P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; ECOLOGY; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0942289151     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12636.x     Document Type: Review

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