On the use of logarithmic transformations in allometric analyses

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 515-518

  Packard, Gary C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BRAIN SIZE; CARNIVORA; EYEBALL; LETTER; LOGARITHMIC TRANSFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMETRY; BRAIN; CARNIVORA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EYE; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 61449159840     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.10.016     Document Type: Letter

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