The application of numerical techniques to insect assemblages from the site of Stóraborg,Iceland |
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Authors: | DW Perry PC Buckland M Snæsdóttir |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, England;2. Department of Geography, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, England;3. National Museum of Iceland, P.O. Box 1439, Reykjavik, Iceland |
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Abstract: | The problems of interpretation of many overlapping species lists of fossil assemblages are discussed using the example of insect faunas from a late medieval farm site in southern Iceland. Numerical techniques were employed, principally those available within the CLUSTAN package, and it was concluded that a considerable refinement in interpretation was achieved. Such quantitative procedures are suitable for groups other than fossil insects but their employment cannot be regarded as a substitute for, rather than an adjunct to, a sound ecological approach. |
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Keywords: | Iceland late medieval palaeoentomology cluster analysis living conditions |
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