Fluctuating asymmetry in metric traits; a practical example of calculating asymmetry, measurement error, and repeatability

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-38

  Bechshøft, Thea Ø ^a,b   Rigét, Frank F ^b   Wiig, Øystein ^a   Sonne, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 41549130488     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.045.0103     Document Type: Article

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