Measurement error in morphometric studies: Comparison between manual and computerized methods

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-56

  Muñoz Muñoz, Francesc ^a,b   Perpiñán, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DIGITAL IMAGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION SIZE; RODENT; SOFTWARE;

MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 77951464579     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.047.0105     Document Type: Article

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