The fuzzy structure of populations

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2235-2241

  Schaefer, James A ^a   Wilson, Chris C ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; GENES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN PERCEPTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CLASSIFICATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; UNGULATE;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036965724     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-184     Document Type: Article

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