A new statistical method to test equivalence: an application in male and female eastern bluebird song

@article{Rose2018ANS,
  title={A new statistical method to test equivalence: an application in male and female eastern bluebird song},
  author={Evangeline M. Rose and Thomas Mathew and Derek A Coss and Bernard Lohr and Kevin E Omland},
  journal={Animal Behaviour},
  year={2018},
  volume={145},
  pages={77-85}
}
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