Measurement error in geometric morphometrics: Empirical strategies to assess and reduce its impact on measures of shape

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 73-96

  Arnqvist, G ^a   Martensson T ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Measurement error; Perca fluviatilis; Repeatability; Repeated measures; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032324953     PISSN: 12178837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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