Harper, David A. T. (ed.) Numerical Palaeobiology Computer Based-Modelling and Analysis of Fossils and their Distributions
1. Edition - April 1999 245.- Euro 1999. X, 468 Pages, Hardcover - Monograph - ISBN-10: 0-471-97405-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-471-97405-5 - John Wiley & Sons
Short description Computer technologies have radically transformed the ways in which paleontological research is conducted. However, partly due to the rapidity of this development, no text exists in this area-until now. This book is a comprehensive review, with applications, of the many computer-based techniques available for the analysis and modelling of paleontological data.
From the contents Quantitative and Morphometric Methods in Taxonomy (D. Harper & A. Owen).
Phylogenetic Systematics and Palaeontology (S. Carlson).
Computer-based Serial Section Reconstruction (M. Herbert).
Statistical and Imaging Methods Applied to Deformed Fossils (N. Hughes).
Computer Models of Fossil Morphology (A. Swan).
Quantitative Biostratigraphy (H. Armstrong).
The Quantitative Description of Biotic Change Using Palaeontological Databases (K. Johnson & T. McCormick).
The History of Life: Large Databases in Palaeontology (M. Benton).
Community Analysis (W. Etter).
Multivariate Techniques in Palynofacies Analysis (J. Smith).
Quantitative Approaches to the Resolution of Taxonomic Problems in Invertebrate Ichnology (P. Orr).
