Dealing with allometry in linear and geometric morphometrics: A taxonomic case study in the Leporinus cylindriformis group (Characiformes: Anostomidae) with description of a new species from Suriname

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-130

  Sidlauskas, Brian L ^a,b,c   Mol, Jan H ^d   Vari, Richard P ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME   (Suriname)

Author keywords

Amazon; Morphology; Regression; Relative warps; South America; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANOSTOMIDAE; CHARACIFORMES; LEPORINUS; PISCES;

EID: 79955145399     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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