Bio‐ and paleoreconstructions: Correlates and proxies

In paleontology and biology, measures that correlate with specific traits are often used as proxies for these traits without a clear concept of how their discriminatory power is assessed. This note warns about this practice.[Image: see text]

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Autor principal: Clauss, Marcus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8366854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34429880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7883
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spelling pubmed-83668542021-08-23 Bio‐ and paleoreconstructions: Correlates and proxies Clauss, Marcus Ecol Evol Viewpoint In paleontology and biology, measures that correlate with specific traits are often used as proxies for these traits without a clear concept of how their discriminatory power is assessed. This note warns about this practice.[Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8366854/ /pubmed/34429880 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7883 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8366854/
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