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Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists A Primer

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ISBN-10: 012386903X

ISBN-13: 9780123869036

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Miriam Zelditch, Donald Swiderski, H. David Sheets

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $99.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 9/17/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 488
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.21" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.552
Language: English

Dr. Miriam Zelditch is Associate Research Scientist at the University of Michigan's Museum of Paleontology. She obtained her PhD in Zoology from Michigan State University and conducted her NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan. Her research interests broadly include zoology, paleobiology, evolutionary biology, comparative biology, and morphology. She has co-edited both prior editions of Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists.

Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Basics of Shape Data
Landmarks and Semilandmarks
Simple Size and Shape Variables: Shape Coordinates
Theory of Shape
The Thin-plate Spline: Visualizing Shape Change as a Deformation
Analyzing Shape Variables
Ordination Methods
Partial Least Squares Analysis
Statistics
General Linear Models
Applications
Ecological and Evolutionary Morphology
Evolutionary Developmental Biology (1): The Evolution of Ontogeny
Evolutionary Developmental Biology (2): Variational Properties
Morphometrics and Systematics
Forensic Applications of Geometric Morphometries
Bibliography
Glossary
Index