Measurements of Canada goose morphology - Sources of error and effects on classification of subspecies

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 716-725

  Rasmussen, P W ^a   Wheeler, W E ^a   Moser, T J ^a   Vine, L E ^a   Sullivan, B D ^a   Rusch, D H ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Branta canadensis interior; Branta canadensis maxima; Canada goose; Classification; Measurement error; Morphology; Morphometrics; Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves; Subspecies; Variation

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

BRANTA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0034771769     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803022     Document Type: Article

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