Multivariate morphometrics of soft body parts in terrestrial slugs: Comparison between two datasets, error assessment and taxonomic implications

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 533-542

  Jordaens, Kurt ^a   Van Dongen, Stefan ^a   Van Riel, Patrick ^a   Geenen, Sofie ^a   Verhagen, Ron ^a   Backeljau, Thierry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Canonical discriminant analysis; Carinarion; Character; Gastropoda; Measurement error; Principal component analysis; Slugs

Indexed keywords

MORPHOMETRY;

ARION; ARION CIRCUMSCRIPTUS; ARION FASCIATUS; ARION SILVATICUS; CARINARIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0036551770     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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