Automating the identification of insects: A new solution to an old problem

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-211

  Weeks, P J D ^a   Gauld, I D ^a   Gaston, K J ^b   O'Neill, M A ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 0030854917     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s000748530002736x     Document Type: Article

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