Morphometrics for Nonmorphometricians

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642263704
• ISBN13: 9783642263705
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"