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PugesekU.S. Geological Survey, National Wetland Research Center, 700 Cajundome Boulevard, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506 Search for more articles by this author U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetland Research Center, 700 Cajundome Boulevard, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 152, Number 1July 1998 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/286156 Views: 97Total views on this site Citations: 78Citations are reported from Crossref HistoryReceived August 4, 1997Accepted November 19, 1997 Keywordsconfirmatory covariance analysisLISRELpath analysisstatistical ecologystructural equation modeling© 1998 by The University of Chicago.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Felisha N. Walls, Daniel J. 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