Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
From the reviews: "This collection explains the volume's aim as being to present the various aspects of morphometrics in a way that is accessible to readers who might not be acquainted with the voluminous literature on the topic ... . this volume should be acquired by those whose purpose demands a comprehensive collection of all published morphometric studies. (e.g. specialist libraries)." (Norman MacLeod, Geology Magazine, February, 2011)
Review
Aus den Rezensionen: "... Werk versteht sich als allgemein verständliche Einführung in die Morphometrie ... liefert einen, speziell für Leser ohne große Vorkenntnisse, gelungenen Überblick über das enorme Anwendungspotential der Morphometrie für verschiedenste biologische, paläontologische und archäologische Fragestellungen. Die einzelnen Kapitel sind ... sehr verständlich geschrieben ... gibt anhand der breit gefächerten Beispiele nachvollziehbare Antworten auf die Fragen ..." (Dieter Uhl, in: Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie Teil II, 2011, Issue 3/4, S. 513 f.)
Synopsis
This introduction to morphometrics does not rely on complex mathematics and statistics. It includes application case studies in fields ranging from paleontology to evolutionary ecology, and it discusses software for analyzing and comparing shape.