Morphometric measurements of dragonfly wings: The accuracy of pinned, scanned and detached measurement methods

Johnson, Laura; Mantle, Beth L.; Gardner, Janet; Backwell, Patricia

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Morphometric measurements of dragonfly wings: The accuracy of pinned, scanned and detached measurement methods

Date

2013

Authors

Johnson, Laura

Mantle, Beth L.

Gardner, Janet

Backwell, Patricia

Publisher

PENSOFT PUBLISHERS

Abstract

Large-scale digitization of museum specimens, particularly of insect collections, is becoming commonplace. Imaging increases the accessibility of collections and decreases the need to handle individual, often fragile, specimens. Another potential advantag