Inference in ecology and evolution

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 192-197

  Stephens, Philip A ^a   Buskirk, Steven W ^b   del Rio, Carlos Martínez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 33947255135     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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