| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| BIC | Bayesian Information Criterion |
| CR | Covariance Ratio |
| CVA | Canonical Variate Analysis |
| DFA | Discriminant Function Analysis |
| DAPC | Discriminant Analysis of Principal Components |
| GM | Geometric Morphometrics |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| RV | Escoufier’s RV coefficient (measure of covariation between modules) |
| TPS | Thin Plate Spline |
| 2D | Two-Dimensional |