piecewiseSEM: Piecewise structural equation modelling in r for ecology, evolution, and systematics

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 573-579

  Lefcheck, Jonathan S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory path analysis; Graph theory; Mixed models; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952838213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12512     Document Type: Article

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