How reproducible are the measurements of leaf fluctuating asymmetry?

PeerJ

Volumn 2015, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Kozlov, Mikhail V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens; Bioindication; Environmental stress; Leaf fluctuating asymmetry; Reproducibility; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRCH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 84945192488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1027     Document Type: Article

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