Comparative methods as a statistical fix: The dangers of ignoring an evolutionary model

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Freckleton, Rob P ^a   Cooper, Natalie ^b   Jetz, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative methods; Generalized least squares (GLS); Phylogenetic eigenvector regression (PVR)

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EIGENVALUE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYLOGENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; EVALUATION; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 79959313069     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660272     Document Type: Article

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