By
Miriam Zelditch, Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Donald Swiderski, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
H. Sheets, Department of Physics, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, 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.
