Course in Morphometrics for Biologists - Geometry and Statistics for Studies of Organismal Form

This book frames and demonstrates the best of modern morphometric methods, bridging the gap between biostatistics and organismal biology.

List of contents

1. What this book is about; 2. Getting started; 3. Multiple regression in general and in special settings; 4. Transition to multivariate analysis; 5. Geometric morphometrics.

About the author

Fred L. Bookstein is generally considered the founder of modern morphometrics, an interdisciplinary field bridging computer vision, statistical science, and organismal biology. His most lasting contribution to the field is probably his 1989 invention of the thin-plate spline for depiction and decomposition of changes in landmark configurations, a method that has appeared in countless scientific publications, several courtroom proceedings, and even a dance concert. A Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, he was the first winner (2011) of the Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometrics. This is his eighth book.

Summary

This book teaches not only the 'how' for statistical analysis of organismal size and shape, but also the 'when' and the 'why'. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, it covers the whole range of today's best techniques while always emphasizing the ways that arithmetic leads to biological understanding.

Product details

• Authors: Fred L. Bookstein, Fred L. (University of Washington) Bookstein, BOOKSTEIN FRED L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781107190948
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19094-8
• No. of pages: 544
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; MEDICAL / Biostatistics, Biology, life sciences, Maths for scientists