Cumulative meta-analysis: A new tool for detection of temporal trends and publication bias in ecology

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1551, 2004, Pages 1961-1966

  Leimu, Roosa ^a   Koricheva, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cumulative meta analysis; Paradigm shift; Plant herbivore interaction; Publication bias

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUMULATIVE META ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PERIODICALS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLICATION BIAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 6944255098     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2828     Document Type: Article

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