A gentle introduction to quantile regression for ecologists

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 412-420

  Cade, Brian S ^a,b   Noon, Barry R ^b  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 33845251804     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2003)001[0412:AGITQR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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