Are fluctuating asymmetry studies adequately sampled? Implications of a new model for size distribution

American Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 230-245

  Babbitt, G A ^a   Kiltie, R ^b   Bolker, B ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Developmental instability; Double Pareto lognormal distribution; Geometric Brownian motion; Geometric morphometrics; Power law scaling

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FLY; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEES; BODY SIZE; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WING;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS; APHIS GOSSYPII; APIS MELLIFERA; CHRYSOSOMA CRINITUS; DOLICHOPODIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33144488456     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498621     Document Type: Article

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