Multivariate Discrimination of Colorado Plateau Multivariate discrimination of colorado plateau gila spp.: The “art of seeing well” revisited

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-173

  Douglas, Michael E ^a   Miller, Robert R ^b   Minckley, W L ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GILA CYPHA; GILA ELEGANS; GILA ROBUSTA; GILA; HYBRID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85023944427     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1998)127<0163:MDOCPG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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