Visualizing unbiased and biased unweighted meta-analyses

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1914-1916

  Nakagawa, S ^a,b   Lagisz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

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EID: 84991818012     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12945     Document Type: Note

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