Rejoinder: Further considerations for meta-analysis of transformed quantities such as absolute values

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1922-1931

  Morrissey, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84991746933     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12951     Document Type: Note

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