Dear Pablo,
The use of discriminant functions in taxonomy reminds me... one
of my papers. I used traditional morphometric measurements and a
discriminant function to separate two species of minute beetles from
Guinea. The reference is:
Bameul F. 2003. Psalitrus aberlenci n. sp., nouvel Omicrini de GuinÃe
(Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). Bulletin de la SociÃtà entomologique de
France, 108 (4): 371-376.
if you need a reprint, please ask (however, it is in French).
An interesting classical paper often cited on this subject is :
Lubischew A.A. 1962. On the use of discriminant functions in taxonomy.
Biometrics, 18: 455-477.
The use of discriminant functions to separate species is well
illustrated in :
Desender K. & De Dijn B. 1990. The Calosoma species (Coleoptera,
Carabidae) of the Galapagos archipelago. II. Discriminant analyses and
species identification key. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences
naturelles de Belgique, 60: 55-68.
Ichtyologists have used extensively discriminant functions in
taxonomy and there are a lot of valuable studies using this method for
fish identification, e.g.:
Misra R.K. & Ni I.-H. 1983. Distinguishing Beaked Redfishes (Deepwater
Redfish, Sebastes mentella and Labrador Redfish, S. fasciatus) by
Discriminant Analysis (with Covariance) and Multivariate Analysis of
Covariance. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 40:
1507-1511.
Bryan Manly's book has clear explanations about the use of
discriminant functions in taxonomy :
Manly B.F.J. 2005. Multivariate Statistical Methods. A primer.Boca Raton
: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 214 p.
I hope this help. Franck
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Dr Franck BAMEUL
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