Logic of experiments in ecology: is pseudoreplication a pseudoissue?

• Published in: Oikos Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 27 - 38
• Main Author: Oksanen, Lauri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Copenhagen Munksgaard International Publishers 01.07.2001; Munksgaard International Publishers, Ltd
• Subjects: Costs and Gains of Recent Progress in Ecology; Ecology; Ecosystems; Experiment design; Inferential statistics; Microcosms; Plants; Population ecology; Predation; Predators; Synecology

Hurlbert divides experimental ecologist into 'those who do not see any need for dispersion (of replicated treatments and controls), and those who do recognize its importance and take whatever measures are necessary to achieve a good dose of it'. Experimental ecologists could also be divide...