Dealing with collinearity in behavioural and ecological data: Model averaging and the problems of measurement error

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-101

  Freckleton, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information theory; Model selection; Regression

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78650726296     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1045-6     Document Type: Article

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