Weeks | Topics |
1 |
Definition, purpose and principles of Numerical taxonomy
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2 |
Numerical (quantitative) characters
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3 |
Non-numerical (qualitative) characters
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4 |
OTU (Operational Taxonomic Unit) concept
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5 |
The creation of the data matrices
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6 |
Clustering analysis
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7 |
Ordination analysis
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8 |
Discriminant analysis
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9 |
Applications of numerical taxonomy in plant systematic-I
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10 |
Applications of numerical taxonomy in plant systematic-II
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11 |
Midterm exam
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12 |
Applications of numerical taxonomy in plant systematic-III
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13 |
Numerical methods for complex taxonomic groups
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14 |
Comparison of numerical taxonomy with other taxonomic methods
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