OpenMEE: Intuitive, open-source software for meta-analysis in ecology and evolutionary biology

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 941-947

  Wallace, Byron C ^a   Lajeunesse, Marc J ^b   Dietz, George ^c   Dahabreh, Issa J ^c   Trikalinos, Thomas A ^c   Schmid, Christopher H ^c   Gurevitch, Jessica ^d  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

effect sizes; meta analysis; meta regression; open access; open source; phylogenetic comparative analyses; research synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011681619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12708     Document Type: Article

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