The seven deadly sins of comparative analysis

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1367-1375

  Freckleton, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Generalized least squares; Independent contrasts; Missing data; R

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EVOLUTION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 67649204837     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01757.x     Document Type: Review

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