A general and simple method for obtaining R2 from generalized linear mixed-effects models

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-142

  Nakagawa, Shinichi ^a,b   Schielzeth, Holger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coefficient of determination; Goodness of fit; Heritability; Information criteria; Intra class correlation; Linear models; Model fit; Repeatability; Variance explained

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873554456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210x.2012.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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