Application of exploratory data analyses opens a new perspective in morphology-based alpha-taxonomy of eusocial organisms

Myrmecological News

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-15

  Seifert, Bernhard ^a   Ritz, Markus ^a   Csosz, Sándor ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Agglomerative nesting; Automated determination; Cryptic species; Eusociality; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Multi dimensional scaling; Non hierarchical cluster analysis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894088233     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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