The conundrum of morphometrics

Taxon

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 663-671

  Jensen, Richard J ^a  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

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MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 0345581257     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3647340     Document Type: Review

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