Challenges in data analysis: Pitfalls and suggestions for a statistical routine in Vegetation Ecology

Revista Brasileira de Botanica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-87

  Eisenlohr, Pedro V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Multiple regression; Numerical ecology; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884971857     PISSN: 01008404     EISSN: 18069959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40415-013-0002-9     Document Type: Article

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