Landmark coordinate datasets and R scripts for geometric morphometric analyses of Euplatypus compositus and Euplatypus parallelus

This repository contains landmark coordinate datasets and R scripts used in the manuscript: “Landmark-based geometric morphometrics as a complementary tool for female identification of Euplatypus compositus and Euplatypus parallelus”. Folder description 01_landmark_coordinatesContains landmark coordinate datasets for pronotum and elytra used in geometric morphometric analyses. 02_repeatability_testsContains repeated landmark digitization datasets used to assess measurement repeatability. 03_cross_validationContains principal component scores used in cross-validation analyses. 04_analysis_scriptsContains R scripts used for geometric morphometric analyses, regression models, and repeatability tests. 05_measurementsContains linear morphometric measurements used in allometric analyses. 06_multivariate_regressionContains datasets used for multivariate regression analyses. Software environment All statistical analyses were conducted using: R version 4.5.1 (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria)Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 Key R packages used in the analyses include: geomorphRRPPMorphostats Reproducibility All analyses described in the manuscript can be reproduced using the datasets and R scripts provided in this repository. Contact For questions regarding the dataset or scripts, please contact the corresponding author: [e-mail]