Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

Elewa, Ashraf M.T.

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.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2010-06-10

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783540958529

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-95853-6

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 367