Applying principal components analysis (PCA) for separating wingless birch fruits - A palaeoecological case study from northern Norway

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-218

  Väliranta, Minna ^a   Weckström, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Modern birch fruits; Principal components analysis (PCA); Subfossil birch fruits

Indexed keywords

BETULA NANA;

EID: 34447562870     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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