Automated Workflows Using Quantitative Colour Pattern Analysis (QCPA): a Guide to Batch Processing and Downstream Data Analysis

Overview

Journal Evol Ecol

Date 2024 Jul 1

PMID 38946730

Authors

Cedric P van den Berg

Nicholas D Condon

Cara Conradsen

Thomas E White

Karen L Cheney

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10682-024-10291-7.

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