Method in macroecology

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 401-412

  Blackburn, Tim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Manipulative experiments; Natural experiments; Null hypothesis; Observation

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344243012     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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