--- _id: '3914' abstract: - lang: eng text: We compare the performances of established means of character selection for discriminant analysis in species distinction with a combination procedure for finding the optimal character combination (minimum classification error, minimum number of required characters), using morphometric data sets from the ant genera Cardiocondyla, Lasius and Tetramorium. The established methods are empirical character selection as well as forward selection, backward elimination and stepwise selection of discriminant analysis. The combination procedure is clearly superior to the established methods of character selection, and is widely applicable. author: - first_name: Karl full_name: Moder, Karl last_name: Moder - first_name: Birgit full_name: Schlick Steiner, Birgit last_name: Schlick Steiner - first_name: Florian full_name: Steiner, Florian last_name: Steiner - first_name: Sylvia full_name: Cremer, Sylvia id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 - first_name: Erhard full_name: Christian, Erhard last_name: Christian - first_name: Bernhard full_name: Seifert, Bernhard last_name: Seifert citation: ama: 'Moder K, Schlick Steiner B, Steiner F, Cremer S, Christian E, Seifert B. Optimal species distinction by discriminant analysis: comparing established methods of character selection with a combination procedure using ant morphometrics as a case study. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 2006;45(1):82-87. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00372.x' apa: 'Moder, K., Schlick Steiner, B., Steiner, F., Cremer, S., Christian, E., & Seifert, B. (2006). Optimal species distinction by discriminant analysis: comparing established methods of character selection with a combination procedure using ant morphometrics as a case study. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00372.x' chicago: 'Moder, Karl, Birgit Schlick Steiner, Florian Steiner, Sylvia Cremer, Erhard Christian, and Bernhard Seifert. “Optimal Species Distinction by Discriminant Analysis: Comparing Established Methods of Character Selection with a Combination Procedure Using Ant Morphometrics as a Case Study.” Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. Wiley-Blackwell, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00372.x.' ieee: 'K. Moder, B. Schlick Steiner, F. Steiner, S. Cremer, E. Christian, and B. Seifert, “Optimal species distinction by discriminant analysis: comparing established methods of character selection with a combination procedure using ant morphometrics as a case study,” Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, vol. 45, no. 1. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 82–87, 2006.' ista: 'Moder K, Schlick Steiner B, Steiner F, Cremer S, Christian E, Seifert B. 2006. Optimal species distinction by discriminant analysis: comparing established methods of character selection with a combination procedure using ant morphometrics as a case study. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 45(1), 82–87.' mla: 'Moder, Karl, et al. “Optimal Species Distinction by Discriminant Analysis: Comparing Established Methods of Character Selection with a Combination Procedure Using Ant Morphometrics as a Case Study.” Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, vol. 45, no. 1, Wiley-Blackwell, 2006, pp. 82–87, doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00372.x.' short: K. Moder, B. Schlick Steiner, F. Steiner, S. Cremer, E. Christian, B. Seifert, Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 45 (2006) 82–87. date_created: 2018-12-11T12:05:52Z date_published: 2006-08-29T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:53:10Z day: '29' doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00372.x extern: '1' intvolume: ' 45' issue: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa_version: None page: 82 - 87 publication: Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research publication_status: published publisher: Wiley-Blackwell publist_id: '2241' status: public title: 'Optimal species distinction by discriminant analysis: comparing established methods of character selection with a combination procedure using ant morphometrics as a case study' type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 45 year: '2006' ...