Morphometrics for Nonmorphometricians

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.

• | Author: Ashraf M. T. Elewa
• | Publisher: Springer
• | Publication Date: Sep 05, 2012
• | Number of Pages: 367 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 3642263704
• | ISBN-13: 9783642263705