Shape distances, shape spaces and the comparison of morphometric methods

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 217-220

  Monteiro, Leandro Rabello ^a   Bordin, Benjamin ^a,b   Furtado dos Reis, Sérgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NOTE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0034115377     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01775-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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