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By
Miriam Zelditch, Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, U.S.A.
Donald Swiderski, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, U.S.A.
David Sheets, Physics Department, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.
William Fink, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, U.S.A.
Description
Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists is an introductory textbook for a course on geometric morphometrics, written for
graduate students and upper division undergraduates, covering both theory of shape analysis and methods of multivariate analysis. It
is designed for students with minimal math background; taking them from the process of data collection through basic and more advanced
statistical analyses. Many examples are given, beginning with simple although realistic case-studies, through examples of complex analyses
requiring several different kinds of methods. The book also includes URL?s for free software and step-by-step instructions for using
the software.
Audience
Advanced undergraduates, and graduates/research workers in taxonomy, ecology, evolution, comparative zoology and botany from the cellular
to the whole organism levels. Any branch of biology where the analysis and comparison of shape and form is important.
Contents
Landmarks
Simple Size and Shape Variables: Bookstein Shape Coordinates
Theory of Shape
Superimposition Methods
The Thin Plate Spline:
Visualizing Shape Change as a Deformation
Ordination Methods
Computer-Based Statistical Methods
Multivariate Analysis of Variance
Regression
Partial Least Squares Analysis
Disparity and Variation
The Relationship between Ontogeny and Phylogeny
Morphometrics and Systematics
Last Things: Beyond Two-Dimensional Configurations of Landmarks
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Hardbound, 416 pages, publication date: JUL-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-778460-1
ISBN-10: 0-12-778460-8
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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