Using geometric morphometrics and standard morphometry to discriminate three honeybee subspecies

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 558-563

  Tofilski, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Geometric morphometrics; Standard morphometry; Subspecies discrimination

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HONEYBEE; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WING MORPHOLOGY;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 55049138718     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008037     Document Type: Article

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