Sexing bison metapodials using principal component analysis

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 50, Issue 194, 2005, Pages 159-172

  Lewis, Patrick J ^a   Buchanan, Briggs ^b   Johnson, Eileen ^c  

^a Pfeiffer University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Metapodials; Principal component analysis; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 27244442933     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/pan.2005.017     Document Type: Article

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