'Exciting statistics': The rapid development and promising future of hierarchical models for population ecology

Animal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-135

  Halstead, B J ^a   Wylie, G D ^a   Coates, P S ^a   Valcarcel, P ^a,b   Casazza, M L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859224643     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00540.x     Document Type: Letter

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