Semilandmarks: A method for quantifying curves and surfaces

Hystrix

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gunz, Philipp ^a   Mitteroecker, Philipp ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometries; Procrustes; Virtual reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877942851     PISSN: 03941914     EISSN: 18255272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4404/hystrix-24.1-6292     Document Type: Article

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