Animal biometrics: quantifying and detecting phenotypic appearance

• Published in: Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) Vol. 28; no. 7; pp. 432 - 441
• Main Authors: Kühl, Hjalmar S., Burghardt, Tilo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; biogeography; Biological and medical sciences; biometry; Biometry - methods; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; data collection; Ecology; Ecology - methods; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; methods; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Pattern Recognition, Automated - methods; Phenotype; population ecology; Biometrics; Phenotype

Animal biometrics is an emerging field that develops quantified approaches for representing and detecting the phenotypic appearance of species, individuals, behaviors, and morphological traits. It operates at the intersection between pattern recognition, ecology, and information sciences, producing...