Morphological analysis of two- and three- dimensional images of branching sponges and corals
Morphological analysis of the growth forms of corals (and other marine sessile organisms) is an important prerequisite for research on these organisms. A quantitative morphological analysis is required in studies on the morphological plasticity in marine
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Ashraf M. T. Elewa (Editor)
Morphometries Applications in Biology and Paleontology With 104 Figures and 35 Tables
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Dr. Ashraf M. T. Elewa Associate Professor Minia University Faculty of Science Geology Department Egypt E-mail: [email protected]
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Preface
F. James Rohlf Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA, [email protected]
This new edited volume is a welcome addition to the literature of geometric morphometrics. It differs from previous collections of papers in that it does not represent an outcome of one of the many morphometric workshops but is an independent collection of papers concerned with real applications of geometric morphometric methods to problems in systematics. Thus, the papers are expected to be more in depth than many of the exemplary expositions found in earlier edited volumes. This should make it especially useful to many potential users of geometric morphometric methods. This publication is a timely development for the field as it is now in a period of transition from its early years, where it was considered a promising but rather complicated approach, to the present where for many types of applications it can be applied routinel
