Finding generality in ecology: A model for globally distributed experiments

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-73

  Borer, Elizabeth T ^a   Harpole, W Stanley ^b   Adler, Peter B ^c   Lind, Eric M ^a   Orrock, John L ^d   Seabloom, Eric W ^a   Smith, Melinda D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative experimental network; Distributed experiment; Meta analysis; Metadata; Nutrient Network; Relational data base

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892459777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12125     Document Type: Article

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