Spot the match - Wildlife photo-identification using information theory

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Speed, Conrad W ^a,b   Meekan, Mark G ^b   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 33846479344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-4-2     Document Type: Article

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