Power and potential bias in field studies of natural selection

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 479-485

  Hersch, Erika I ^a   Phillips, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Power; Publication bias; Regression; Selection differentials; Selection gradients

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; NATURAL SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842580582     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01671.x     Document Type: Review

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