Repeatability and transparency in ecological research

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2536-2539

  Ellison, Aaron M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; META-ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOLOGY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; STANDARD;

ECOLOGY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77956570653     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0032.1     Document Type: Article

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