Biometrical Letters is the official journal of the Polish Biometric Society, founded in 1964, now published with the financial support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The purpose of Biometrical Letters is publishing papers concerned with different aspects of the analysis and interpretation of results obtained from biometrical experiments, using mathematical and statistical methods. Moreover, the papers presenting statistical and mathematical tools useful in biometry are welcome. Review papers and papers presenting practical use of various methods of data analysis are of special interest.
Papers published in Biometrical Letters are indexed in: Current Index to Statistics and Polish Scientific Journal Contents.
ISSN 1896-3811


Biometrical Letters are distributed to ordinary and sustaining members of the Polish Biometrical Society. Queries concerning the membership (25 Euro including annual subscription) and purchasing the journal should be directed to the secretaries of the Journal.


 Editors:

  Stanisław Mejza, Poznan University of Life Sciences
  ul. Wojska Polskiego 28, PL-60-637 Poznań, Poland
  e-mail: smejza@up.poznan.pl

  Maria Kozłowska, Poznan University of Life Sciences
  ul. Wojska Polskiego 28, PL-60-637 Poznań, Poland
  e-mail: markoz@up.poznan.pl

 Co-Editors:

  Agnieszka Łacka, Poznań University of Life Sciences
  ul. Wojska Polskiego 28, PL-60-637 Poznań, Poland
  e-mail: agnieszka.lacka@up.poznan.pl

  Jerzy Moczko, Poznan University of Medical Sciences
  ul. Dąbrowskiego 79 , PL-60-529 Poznań, Poland
  e-mail: jmoczko@amp.edu.pl

  Wiesław Mądry, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
  ul. Nowoursynowska 159, PL-02-776 Warszawa, Poland
  e-mail: wieslaw.madry@omega.sggw.waw.pl

  Paulo Canas Rodrigues, Federal University of Bahia
  Av. Adhemar de Barros, 40170-110 Salvador, BA, Brazil
  e-mail: paulocanas@gmail.com

Secretary:
  Alicja Szabelska-Beręsewicz, Anna Szczepańska-Álvarez, Adam Mieldzioc, Radosław J. Kozłowski, 
  Poznan University of Life Sciences
  ul. Wojska Polskiego 28, PL-60-637 Poznań, Poland
  e-mail: anna.szczepanska-alvarez@up.poznan.pl

 Editorial Board:
  Are Aastveit (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway),
  Anthony C. Atkinson (London School of Economics, UK),
  Rosemary A. Bailey (University of St Andrews, Scotland),
  Tadeusz Caliński (Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland),
  Janusz Gołaszewski (University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland),
  Zofia Hanusz (University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland),
  Chihiro Hirotsu (Meisei University, Tokyo, Japan),
  Christos Kitsos (Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece),
  Kristian M. Kristensen (Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark),
  Shinji Kuriki (Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan),
  Victor Leiva (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile),
  Tadeusz Łuczkiewicz (Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland),
  Iwona Mejza (Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland),
  Joao T. Mexia (New University of Lisboa, Portugal),
  Amilcar Oliveira (Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, Portugal),
  Teresa A. Oliveira (Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, Portugal),
  Dulce G. Pereira (University of Evora, Evora, Portugal),
  Christel Richter (Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany),
  Zbigniew Sobek (Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland),
  Milan Stehlik (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria).

 Language Editor:
  John Catlow, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland / UK


Are Halvor Aastveit, Katarzyna Ambroży-Deręgowska, Rosmary A. Bailey, Ewa Bakinowska, Anna Bartkowiak, Iwona Bartkowiak-Broda, Giuseppe Di Biase, Szymon Bijak, Jan Bocianowski, Barbara Bogacka, Arkadiusz Bruchwald, Henryk Brzeskwiniewicz, Anna Budka, Marcin Budka, Henryk Bujak, Tadeusz Caliński, Bronisław Ceranka, Małgorzata Ćwiklińska-Jurkowska, Gerard E. Dallal, Karol Deręgowski, Anita Dobek, Czesław Domański, Albert Dudek, John A. Eccleston, P.H.C. Eilers, Katarzyna Filipiak, Renata Gaj, Janusz Gołaszewski, Tomasz Górecki, Romuald Górski, Franciszek Grabski, Małgorzata Graczyk, Jolanta Grala-Michalak, Anna Gramza-Michałowska, Zofia Hanusz, Franz Hering, Chihiro Hirotsu, Masakazu Jimbo, Elżbieta Kaczmarek, Zygmunt Kaczmarek, Sanpei Kageyama, Radosław Kala, Krystyna Katulska, Dariusz Kayzer, Ryszard Koczura, Andrzej Kornacki, Maria Kozłowska, Paweł Krajewski, Kristian Kristensen, Jolanta Krzyszkowska, Mirosław Krzyśko, Anetta Kuczyńska, J. de Leeuw, Marian Lipiński, Erkki Liski, Agnieszka Łacka, Tadeusz Łuczkiewicz, Augustyn Markiewicz, Wiesław Mądry, Iwona Mejza, Stanisław Mejza, Andrzej Michalski, Jacek Mielniczuk, Władysław Milo, Jerzy Moczko, Jerzy Modrzyński, Marta Molińska-Glura, Krzysztof Moliński, Witold Pazdrowski, Marian Piech, Wiesław Pilarczyk, Paweł Pordzik, Paulo Rodrigez, Idzi Siatkowski, Zofia Spiak, Anna Szczepańska-Alvarez, Joanna Tarasińska, Cezary Trawczyński, Ryszard Walkowiak, Ryszard Weber, Mirosława Wesołowska-Janczarek, Agnieszka Wolna-Maruwka, Waldemar Wołyński, Andrzej Woźniak, Michał Zasada, Bogna Zawieja, Wojciech Zieliński, Roman Zmyślony.