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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Alpha Taxonomy"”.
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Abyssal polychaete assemblages along latitudinal gradients of productivity in the equatorial Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans
… Cirratulidae were selected for a more detailed alpha taxonomy assessment. New characters were developed for the identification of cirratulid thoracic fragments.<br/>Benthic polychaete abundance was correlated with surface productivity in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. There was some …
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Evolution in Neotropical Herpetofauna: Species Boundaries in High Andean Frogs and Evolutionary Genetics in the Lava Lizard Genus Microlophus (Squamata: tropiduridae): A History of Colonization and Dispersal
… began in my MS program, and it first focused on alpha taxonomy, morphological variation, and species boundaries. This work led to new studies initiated and completed at BYU involving further taxonomic revision (Formas et al., 2003; Chapter 1), and then revisiting and re-evaluating species …
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The ManhattAnt: Identification, natural history, and nutritional ecology of a recently introduced pest in New York City, Lasius emarginatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
<p>New York City is one of the oldest and largest cities in North America, and it is a center for global trade and shipping. As such, it has also been the site of introduction for some of North America’s most damaging invasive pests, from chestnut blight to the Asian long-horned beetle. Despite …
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Classification of Carpiodes Using Fourier Descriptors: A Content Based Image Retrieval Approach
… on a global level. As a result, computer-aided taxonomy is now possible. Content based image retrieval techniques utilize visual features of the image for classification. By utilizing image content and computer technology, the gap between taxonomic classification and species destruction is …