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A comparison of fox skulls from Wales and South‐East England
Author(s) -
Huson L. W.,
Page R. J. C.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1979.tb03382.x
Subject(s) - biology , discriminant function analysis , zoology , computer science , machine learning
Seven different measurements of fox skulls from animals of known sex were recorded for 571 fox skulls from Wales and South‐East England. A multivariate technique, discriminant function analysis, is used to classify the skulls according to sex and regional origin. Differences detected suggest that male skulls tend to be larger, and that skulls from Wales are larger than those from South‐East England. The classifications are presumed to reflect true differences between sexes and regions.
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