meaning reproductive units as opposed to in which and are separate RU, R U interacting variables). Complete used as a variable should be lowercase (e.g., species). Each letter in multiple-letter abbreviations that are not complete words should be capitalized (e.g., acceptable, AMF for area of managed forest; unacceptable, PATCH for patch area). Do not italicize Latin words or abbreviations such as i.e., e.g., et al., etc. Abbreviations probability p, df, degrees of freedom chi-square χ2, genetic variance contained in a subpopulation relative to the genetic FST, variance CI, confidence interval or credible interval SE, standard SD, standard deviation, e.g., mean (SD) = 44% (3) or mean of 44% (SD 3). Do not use ±. mg L-1, milligrams per liter m, m s-1, meters per second s, second(s) min, minutes(s) hr, hour(s) d, day(s) wk, week(s) mo, yr, year(s) ln or loge, logarithm (base e) log10, logarithm (base 10) approx., approximately cal or J, calorie (Joule) max., maximum °C, Celsius t, metric ton coeff., coefficient min., minimum CI, a≤ x confidence interval ≤a, CL, x ± a, confidence limits
meaning reproductive units as opposed to RU, in which R and U are separate interacting variables). Complete used as a variable should be lowercase (e.g., species). Each letter in multiple-letter abbreviations that are not complete words should be capitalized (e.g., acceptable, AMF for area of managed forest; unacceptable, PATCH for patch area). Do not italicize Latin words or abbreviations such as i.e., e.g., et al., etc. Abbreviations p, probability df, degrees of freedom χ2, chi-square FST, genetic variance contained in a subpopulation relative to the genetic variance CI, confidence interval or credible interval SE, standard SD, standard deviation, e.g., mean (SD) = 44% (3) or mean of 44% (SD 3). Do not use ±. mg L-1, milligrams per liter m, m s-1, meters per second s, second(s) min, minutes(s) hr, hour(s) d, day(s) wk, week(s) mo, yr, year(s) ln or loge, logarithm (base e) log10, logarithm (base 10) approx., approximately cal or J, calorie (Joule) max., maximum °C, Celsius t, metric ton coeff., coefficient min., minimum CI, a≤ x ≤a, confidence interval CL, x ± a, confidence limits
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