Variation, use, and misuse of statistical models: A review of the effects on the interpretation of research results

Predictive Species and Habitat Modeling in Landscape Ecology: Concepts and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 209-227

  Wiersma, Yolanda F ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 84900060510     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7390-0_11     Document Type: Chapter

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