Meta-analysis and its application in phenological research: A review and new statistical approaches

Phenological Research: Methods for Environmental and Climate Change Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 463-509

  Hudson, Irene L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

B ,P spline regression; Bayesian hierarchical meta analysis; Fractional polynomials; Meta analysis; Nonlinear nonparametric functionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952656757     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3335-2_20     Document Type: Chapter

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