Errors in logic and statistics plague a meta-analysis (response to andow and lvei 2012)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1047-1049

  Shelton, Anthony M ^a   Naranjo, Steven E ^b   Romeis, Jrg ^c   Hellmich, Richard L ^d  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b US ARID LAND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867305779     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN11238a     Document Type: Letter

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