Testing the cascade model for food webs

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 196-204

  Roberts Jr , John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Exact conditional tests; Hypothesis tests; Predation matrix; Species ordering

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL TEST; PREDATION;

EID: 5444275032     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/1085711031544     Document Type: Article

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