The Stony Brook Morphometrics website has a link "Bibliography" that leads to a link for "Books". This lists a number of books at different levels. An important feature is that it also gives links to reviews of these books so that one can better select the most useful book. The list of reviews is probably not complete as I am dependent on others notifying me when the notice a review of one of these books. Another problem is that sometimes the authors or publishers move their WebPages giving errata or supplemental information. I would appreciate it is users would notify me when they find such bad links.
The Rohlf and Bookstein volume is, I believe, out of print. It is listed in Amazon.COM (ISBN: 0962849901) as currently unavailable but one should check occasionally. The Univ. of Michigan holds the copyright. Perhaps they could be convinced to make it available again? Many of the chapters are still quite relevant. ---------------------------------------------- F. James Rohlf, Distinguished Professor Dept. Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245 http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/rohlf > -----Original Message----- > From: morphmet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 3:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Basic intro to morphometrics needed > > The most basic book I can think of (and what got me > interested in this area of study) is the Proceeding of the > Michigan Morphometrics Workshop, edited by F. James Rohlf and > Fred L. Bookstein. It is Special Publication Number 2, The > University of Michigan Museum of Zoology and published in > 1990 (so it may be hard to get a copy). > > Another book--that is a wonderful overview of the field, > albeit with a little math--is Morphometrics for the Life > Sciences, written by Peter E. Lestrel and published by World > Scientific Publishing Co., Ltd., Singapore. It is Volume 7 in > the Recent Advances in Human Biology series, edited by > Charles E. Oxnard. > > I hope this helps. > > Mike Spoon, DDS > Private Practitioner, Victor, NY > Assistant Professor, Eastman Dental Center, University of > Rochester, Rochester, NY [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > On Oct 24, 2006, at 1:38 AM, morphmet wrote: > > > Hello, > > My name is Rocky S. Stone, and I'm a forensic scientist in > > Albuquerque, > > NM, specializing in firearm/tool mark analysis and comparison. > > From my > > very brief scan of available geometric morphometrics on the > internet, > > it seems there might be applications in my field. Can anyone > > recommend a very basic, minimal-math-required, introduction to the > > field (preferably something online)? > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > Replies will be sent to the list. > > For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org > > > > -- > Replies will be sent to the list. > For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org > -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
