A new procedure to optimize the selection of groups in a classification tree: Applications for ecological data

Agglomerative cluster analyses encompass many techniques, which have been widely used in various fields of science. In biology, and specifically ecology, datasets are generally highly variable and may contain outliers, which increase the difficulty to identify the number of clusters. Here we present...

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Published in:	Ecological modelling Vol. 220; no. 4; pp. 451 - 461
Main Authors:	Guidi, Lionel, Ibanez, Frédéric, Calcagno, Vincent, Beaugrand, Grégory
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 24.02.2009 Elsevier
Subjects:	Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biological and medical sciences Classification Clustering Copepoda Dendrogram Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects. Techniques Life Sciences Methods and techniques (sampling, tagging, trapping, modelling...) Outliers Stopping rule Outliers Stopping rule Clustering Dendrogram Classification Group selection Ecology Models classification stopping rule outliers
ISSN:	0304-3800, 1872-7026
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