Morphometrics for nonmorphometricians
By: Ashraf M.T. Elewa, editor
Series: Lecture notes in earth sciences -- 124
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9783540958529; 9783540958536
Subjects: Morphology; Mathematics; Case studies; Statistical methods; Morphometrie
Description: Morphometrics is concerned with the study of variations and change in the form (size and shape) of organisms or objects adding a quantitative element to descriptions and thereby facilitating the comparison of different objects and organisms. This volume provides an introduction to morphometrics in a clear and simple way without recourse to complex mathematics and statistics. This introduction is followed by a series of case studies describing the variety of applications of morphometrics from paleontology and evolutionary ecology to archaeological artifacts analysis. This is followed by a presentation of future applications of morphometrics and state of the art software for analyzing and comparing shape.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.