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Modern Morphometrics in Physical Anthropology

Morphometrics has undergone a revolutionary transformation in the past two decades as new methods have been developed to address shortcomings in the traditional multivirate analysis of linear distances, angles, and indices. While there is much active research in the field, the new approaches to shap...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Autres auteurs: Slice, Dennis E. (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Édition:1st ed. 2005.
Collection:Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects,
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Accès en ligne:Texto Completo
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Résumé:Morphometrics has undergone a revolutionary transformation in the past two decades as new methods have been developed to address shortcomings in the traditional multivirate analysis of linear distances, angles, and indices. While there is much active research in the field, the new approaches to shape analysis are already making significant and ever-increasing contributions to biological research, including physical anthropology. Modern Morphometrics in Physical Anthropology highlights the basic machinery of the most important methods, while introducing novel extensions to these methods and illustrating how they provide enhanced results compared to more traditional approaches. Modern Morphometrics in Physical Anthropology provides a comprehensive sampling of the applications of modern, sophisticated methods of shape analysis in anthropology, and serves as a starting point for the exploration of these practices by students and researchers who might otherwise lack the local expertise or training to get started. This text is an important resource for the general morphometric community that includes ecologists, evolutionary biologists, systematists, and medical researchers.
Description matérielle:XXII, 384 p. 126 illus., 2 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9780387276144
ISSN:1574-3497