Comparing Covariance Matrices by Relative Eigenanalysis, with Applications to Organismal Biology

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 336-350

  Bookstein, Fred L ^a,b   Mitteroecker, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Covariance matrix; Developmental canalization; Morphometrics; Natural selection; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901032771     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-013-9260-5     Document Type: Article

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