Distance transform: A tool for the study of animal colour patterns

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 771-781

  Taylor, Christopher H ^a   Gilbert, Francis ^a   Reader, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Individual recognition; MATLAB; Mimicry; Signalling; Similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881561973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12063     Document Type: Article

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