Morphometric identification of individuals when there are more shape variables than reference specimens: A case study in Galápagos tortoises

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-68

  Chiari, Ylenia ^a,b   Claude, Julien ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Cross validation calculation; Morphometrics; Museum specimens; Photogrammetry; Turtles

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; MUSEUM; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION CENTER; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TURTLE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MUSEUMS; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE; TURTLES;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

GEOCHELONE NIGRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84855569880     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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