Replicating research in ecology and evolution: Feasibility, incentives, and the cost-benefit conundrum

BMC Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nakagawa, Shinichi ^a   Parker, Timothy H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84946498815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-015-0196-3     Document Type: Article

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