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Data from screening programmes such as the ISP may be analyzed at three distinct levels. Each of these approaches has its own use and there may also be occasions when two or three levels of analysis may need to be viewed together in order to appreciate the whole picture.
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Hunt, R., Bossard, C.C. (1993). Quantitative Synthesis. In: Hendry, G.A.F., Grime, J.P. (eds) Methods in Comparative Plant Ecology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1494-3_4
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