The use of geometric morphometrics in studying butterfly wings in an evolutionary ecological context

Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

Volumn 124, Issue , 2010, Pages 271-287

  Breuker, Casper J ^a,c   Gibbs, Melanie ^b   Van Dongen, Stefan ^c   Merckx, Thomas ^d   Van Dyck, Hans ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85021446823     PISSN: 09300317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-95853-6_12     Document Type: Chapter

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