Combining geometric morphometrics with pattern recognition for the investigation of species complexes

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-98

  Baylac, Michel ^a   Villemant, Claire ^a   Simbolotti, Giuseppina ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross validation; Gaussian mixture analysis; Kernel density estimates; Linear discrimination; Neural networks; Procrustes superimposition; Shape; Size; Wing venation

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MORPHOMETRY; PARASITOID; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

BASSUS; BASSUS TEGULARIS; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PROCRUSTES;

EID: 0141570837     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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