Missing the third dimension in geometric morphometrics: How to assess if 2D images really are a good proxy for 3D structures?

Hystrix

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Cardini, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Cranium; Landmarks; Mandible; Marmots; Measurement error; Photos; Procrustes; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CRANIA; MAMMALIA; MARMOTA;

EID: 84921487887     PISSN: 03941914     EISSN: 18255272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4404/hystrix-25.2-10993     Document Type: Article

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