Mega mistakes in meta-analyses: Devil in the detail

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2550-2552

  Gillman, Len N ^a   Wright, Shane D ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; META-ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; STANDARD;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH;

EID: 77956608431     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0339.1     Document Type: Article

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