Using image analysis on the ventral colour pattern in Salamandrina perspicillata (Amphibia: Salamandridae) to discriminate among populations

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-43

  Costa, Corrado ^a   Angelini, Claudio ^b   Scardi, Michele ^c   Menesatti, Paolo ^a   Utzeri, Carlo ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal coloration; Caudata; Geometric morphometric; Image warping; Multivariate analysis; PLS

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COLOR MORPH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDRINA PERSPICILLATA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 58149093001     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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