Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists

A Primer
3. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-28965-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists: A Primer, Third Edition succeeds the second edition of this text as the primary resource for teaching modern geometric methods of shape analysis to students, researchers, and practicing scientists in the field of organismal biology. These geometric methods allow for the study of biological shape by incorporating the geometry of organisms throughout data analyses. This work retains and updates methodologies that remain relevant to the field to ensure clear and effective instruction to audiences new to this branch of data analysis. Novel content on phylogenetic comparative methods, evolutionary morphology, analyses of disparity, genetics of shape, and simulating shape data has been added. Written by longtime experts Miriam Zelditch and Donald Swiderski, Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists effectively introduces complex mathematical concepts in a manner accessible to all readers. This edition delivers step-by-step guidance for how to effectively utilize updated analytical software. It is an immensely valuable introduction for students and practicing biologists interested in learning applications of multivariate statistics and matrix algebra to organismal biology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zelditch, Miriam

Swiderski, Donald

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Taxonomie und Systematik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

Part I: Basics of Shape Data
2. Landmarks
3. Simple Size and Shape Variables: Shape Coordinates
4. Theory of Shape
5. The Thin-Plate Spline: Visualizing Shape Change as a Deformation

Part II: Analyzing Shape Variables
6. Ordination Methods
7. Partial Least Squares
8. Statistics
9. General Linear Models
10. Phylogenetic Comparative Methods

Part III: Applications
11. Ecological Morphology
12. Evolutionary Morphology
13. Allometry
14. Variational Properties and their Evolutionary Outcomes
15. Systematics
16. Temporal, Geographic and Evolutionary Analyses of Disparity
17. Genetics of Shape Chapter 18: Simulating Shape Data

Über Autor(innen)

Swiderski, Donald
Dr. Donald Swiderski is Adjunct Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology. He obtained his MSc in Paleontology and his PhD in Zoology from Michigan State University. His research interests broadly include zoology, paleontology, comparative vertebrate anatomy, mammalogy, and morphology. He has co-edited both prior editions of Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists.

Zelditch, Miriam
Dr. Miriam Zelditch is Associate Research Scientist at the University of Michigan's Museum of Paleontology. She obtained her PhD in Zoology from Michigan State University and conducted her NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan. Her research interests broadly include zoology, paleobiology, evolutionary biology, comparative biology, and morphology. She has co-edited both prior editions of Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists.