Odds ratio: An ecologically sound tool to compare proportions

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-72

  Rita, Hannu ^a   Komonen, Atte ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; RESEARCH;

EID: 41349090404     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.045.0106     Document Type: Review

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