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Geometric morphometrics for biologists : a primer /

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 back...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Zelditch, Miriam, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Beyond two-dimensional configurations of landmarks.