Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists : A Primer
ISBN: 9780123869036 | 012386903X
Edition: 2ndFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Academic Pr
Pub. Date: 8/1/2012
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The first edition of Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists has been the primary resource for teaching modern geometric methods of shape analysis to biologists who have a stronger background in biology than in multivariate statistics and matrix algebra. These geometric methods are appealing to biologists who approach the study of shape from a variety of perspectives, from clinical to evolutionary, because they incorporate the geometry of organisms throughout the data analysis. The second edition of this book retains the emphasis on accessible explanations, and the copious illustrations and examples of the first, updating the treatment of both theory and practice. The second edition represents the current state-of-the-art and adds new examples and summarizes recent literature, as well as provides an overview of new software and step-by-step guidance through details of carrying out the analyses. Contains updated coverage of methods, especially for sampling complex curves and 3D forms and a new chapter on applications of geometric morphometrics to forensics Offers a reorganization of chapters to streamline learning basic concepts Presents detailed instructions for conducting analyses with freely available, easy to use software Provides numerous illustrations, including graphical presentations of important theoretical concepts and demonstrations of alternative approaches to presenting results
| Contributors | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Basics of Shape Data | |
| Landmarks and Semilandmarks | p. 23 |
| Simple Size and Shape Variables: Shape Coordinates | p. 51 |
| Theory of Shape | p. 75 |
| The Thin-plate Spline: Visualizing Shape Change as a Deformation | p. 103 |
| Analyzing Shape Variables | |
| Ordination Methods | ... MORE |
| Partial Least Squares Analysis | p. 169 |
| Statistics | p. 189 |
| General Linear Models | p. 225 |
| Applications | |
| Ecological and Evolutionary Morphology | p. 263 |
| Evolutionary Developmental Biology (1): The Evolution of Ontogeny | p. 297 |
| Evolutionary Developmental Biology (2): Variational Properties | p. 353 |
| Morphometrics and Systematics | p. 399 |
| Forensic Applications of Geometric Morphometries | p. 419 |
| Bibliography | p. 435 |
| Glossary | p. 455 |
| Index | p. 471 |
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Miriam Leah Zelditch Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ml, USA Donald L. Swiderski University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Ml, USA H. David Sheets Department of Physics, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, USA
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