Fitting statistical models in bivariate allometry

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 549-563

  Packard, Gary C ^a   Birchard, Geoffrey F ^b   Boardman, Thomas J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Logarithms; Nonlinear regression; Scaling; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960414923     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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