smatr 3- an R package for estimation and inference about allometric lines

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-259

  Warton, David I ^a   Duursma, Remko A ^b   Falster, Daniel S ^c   Taskinen, Sara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Common slope testing; Model II regression; Principal component analysis; Robust estimation; Standardised major axis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867370642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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