Examining the Effectiveness of Discriminant Function Analysis and Cluster Analysis in Species Identification of Male Field Crickets Based on Their Calling Songs

Ranjana Jaiswara; Diptarup Nandi; Rohini Balakrishnan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075930

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Examining the Effectiveness of Discriminant Function Analysis and Cluster Analysis in Species Identification of Male Field Crickets Based on Their Calling Songs

Ranjana Jaiswara,

Affiliation Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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Diptarup Nandi,

Affiliation Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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Rohini Balakrishnan

* E-mail: rohini@ces.iisc.ernet.in

Affiliation Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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Examining the Effectiveness of Discriminant Function Analysis and Cluster Analysis in Species Identification of Male Field Crickets Based on Their Calling Songs

Ranjana Jaiswara,
Diptarup Nandi,
Rohini Balakrishnan

Published: September 25, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075930

About the Authors

Ranjana Jaiswara

Affiliation Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Diptarup Nandi

Affiliation Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Rohini Balakrishnan

* E-mail: rohini@ces.iisc.ernet.in

Affiliation Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB. Performed the experiments: RJ. Analyzed the data: RJ DN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJ DN. Wrote the paper: RJ DN RB.

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