A multivariate analysis of morphometric characters of Heterorhabditis species (Nemata: Heterorhabditidae) and the role of morphometrics in the taxonomy of species of the genus

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 806-813

  Stock, S Patricia ^a   Kaya, Harry K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RHABDITOIDEA;

HETERORHABDITIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0029828705     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3283895     Document Type: Article

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