Advances in morphometrics

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Overview of the New, or Geometric Morphometrics....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
An Idiosyncratic History of Early Morphometrics....Pages 15-22
Multivariate Allometry....Pages 23-49
Introduction to Data Acquisition....Pages 51-52
Three-Dimensional Data Capture and Visualization....Pages 53-69
Two-Dimensional Imaging....Pages 71-81
Imagina....Pages 83-89
An Image-Capture and Data-Collection System for Morphometric Analysis....Pages 91-101
Converting Truss Interlandmark Distances to Cartesian Coordinates....Pages 103-111
Introduction to Landmark Methods....Pages 113-115
Morphometric Spaces, Shape Components and the Effects of Linear Transformations....Pages 117-129
Combining the Tools of Geometric Morphometrics....Pages 131-151
Standard Formula for the Uniform Shape Component in Landmark Data....Pages 153-168
Affine Transformations as a Model of Virtual Form Change for Generating Morphospaces....Pages 169-178
Three-Dimensional Generalized Resistant Fitting and the Comparison of Least-Squares and Resistant-Fit Residuals....Pages 179-199
Dimension Reduction and Selection of Landmarks....Pages 201-207
Introduction to Outlines....Pages 209-210
Eigenshape Analysis of Left Ventricular Outlines from Contrast Ventriculograms....Pages 211-233
Chi-Square Test of Biological Space Curve Affinities....Pages 235-251
Spline Curves and Surfaces for Data Modeling....Pages 253-262
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Edgels and Tangent Planes in Image Warping....Pages 263-270
Front Matter....Pages N9-N9
An Introduction to Geometric Morphometrics and Intraspecific Variation....Pages 271-273
Fluctuating Asymmetry in Mus musculus Subspecific Hybridization....Pages 275-283
Wing Venation Variability in Monarthropalpus buxi (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) and the Quaternary Coevolution of Box ( Buxus sempervirens L.) and Its Midge....Pages 285-301
Size and Shape Variation in the Mandible of the Fossorial Rodent Spalax ehrenbergi ....Pages 303-320
Principal Components of Body Shape Variation within an Endemic Radiation of Threespine Stickleback....Pages 321-334
A Landmark-Based Morphometrics Approach to the Systematics of Crocidurinae....Pages 335-344
Three-Dimensional Landmark Techniques for the Recognition of Reef Coral Species....Pages 345-353
Introduction to Comparison of Similar Objects Whose Group Identity is Known....Pages 355-357
Identification of House Mice, Mus musculus , and Mound-Building Mice, M. spicilegus , Based on Distance and Landmark Data....Pages 359-369
Correspondence between Interlandmark Distances and Caliper Measurements....Pages 371-385
Some Applications of Geometric Morphometrics to Ostracoda....Pages 387-398
Shape Changes during the Growth of the Sea Bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Teleostea: Perciformes), in Relation to Different Rearing Conditions....Pages 399-405
Sexual Dimorphism in the Craniofacial Skeleton of Modern Humans....Pages 407-414
Sexual Dimorphism in Medieval Human Crania Studied by Three-Dimensional Thin-Plate Spline Analysis....Pages 415-421
A Morphometric Model and Landmark Analysis of Acheulian Hand Axes from Northern Israel....Pages 423-435
Introduction to Comparisons among Taxa at the Level of Species, Genus and Family....Pages 437-439
The Evolution and Growth of the Hominid Pelvis....Pages 441-448
Stephanodonty in Fossil Murids....Pages 449-461
Comparative Landmark Analysis of Various Oxyuridae Parasites of Primates and Rodents....Pages 463-478
Front Matter....Pages N9-N9
Morphometric Pattern and Feeding Mode in Emperor Fishes (Lethrinidae, Perciformes)....Pages 479-487
Landmark-Based Size and Shape Analysis in Systematics of the Plecotine Bats....Pages 489-501
Morphometric Analysis of Microscopic Hooks of Taeniid Tapeworms (Cestoda, Taeniidae)....Pages 503-510
A Taxonomic Comparison of Morphometric Methods....Pages 511-518
Can Partial Warp Scores Be Used as Cladistic Characters?....Pages 519-530
Back Matter....Pages 531-587