Spatial regression techniques for inter-population data: Studying the relationships between morphological and environmental variation

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-248

  Perez, S I ^a   Diniz Filho, J A F ^b   Bernal, V ^a   Gonzalez, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Evolutionary anthropology; Morphometric techniques; Spatial statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; AUTOCORRELATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALTITUDE; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKULL; WEATHER;

ALTITUDE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRANIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL; WEATHER;

EID: 74349093387     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01905.x     Document Type: Review

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