More on Pseudoreplication
 
Hurlbert pointed out the frequency of this problem and discussed the  
concept at length.  However, I did not find his paper very helpful in  designing 
field studies.  Colin loves it, but he's a real  statistician.
 
My  colleagues follow-on  paper addresses the HOW TO DO IT  question.  
Incidentally, their paper was a BIG hit when it came out.   I was working in 
their offices when the paper was published.  In those  years, people wrote 
letters asking for copies of papers.  E-mail was still  something mainly used by 
academics.  
 
I remember that John Thomas got 1000 requests in just a few days.   That 
was unheard of at the time.
 
Their citation follows:
 
Ecological Monographs  61(1) 1991, pp 53-73

Designing Environmental Field Studies
L.L. Eberhardt and J.M. Thomas
 
 
For those willing to slog through these papers, both  are available as  
PDFs for download  for free.
To cut to the chase, look at the illustrations at the end of the  
Eberhardt/Thomas paper.
 
 
Jerry

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