Meta-analysis: A need for well-defined usage in ecology and conservation biology

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Vetter, Daniela ^a   Rucker, Gerta ^b   Storch, Ilse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Definition; Meta analysis; Systematic review; Terminology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897980411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00062.1     Document Type: Article

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