Using Mean Similarity Dendrograms to Evaluate Classifications

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 370-388

  Van Sickle, John ^a  

^a Dynamac International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Cluster analysis; Ecoregions; Fish communities; Multidimensional scaling; Ordination; Permutation tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001377012     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1400509     Document Type: Article

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