A graphical method to determine the ordering of moult,illustrated with data from the Blackshouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus |
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| Authors: | L. G. Underhill |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Mathematical Statistics , University of Cape Town , Rondebosch , 7700 , South Africa |
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| Abstract: | When the order in which feathers moult is not constant and the pattern is complex, it is difficult to discover the usual pattern simply by inspecting the data. This paper illustrates a method, the Gower analysis, that produces a graphical plot from which it is relatively easy to deduce the usual ordering. |
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