Unexpected failures of recommended tests in basic statistical analyses of ecological data

Web Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 67-73

  Kikvidze, Zaal ^a   Moya Laraño, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 45149085287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13991183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-8-67-2008     Document Type: Article

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