Testing hypotheses in ecoimmunology using mixed models: Disentangling hierarchical correlations

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 407-418

  Downs, C J ^a   Dochtermann, N A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84906338182     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icu035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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