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Analysis of Phenetic Relationships Among Populations of the Avian Genus Batis (Platysteirinae) by Means of Cluster Analysis and Multidimensional Scaling
Author(s) -
Lawson Walter J.,
Ogg Patti J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710310218
Subject(s) - upgma , multidimensional scaling , genus , metric (unit) , scaling , mathematics , cluster (spacecraft) , evolutionary biology , biology , statistics , zoology , computer science , genetics , genetic variation , geometry , operations management , gene , economics , programming language
In the course of a study of the evolution of a genus of African flycatchers, Batis , numerical techniques were employed to analyse the characters of the populations of the forest‐dwelling Batis and to throw some light on their relationships. The techniques reported upon in this paper are non‐metric multidimensional scaling (MDS) and the Unweighted Pair‐group Method using Arithmetic Averages (UPGMA). The results obtained from these numeric analyses closely parallel those using non‐quantitative methods.