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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831161803321

Autore

Hammer Øyvind <1968->

Titolo

Paleontological data analysis [[electronic resource] /] / Øyvind Hammer and David A.T. Harper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-280-74342-5

9786610743421

0-470-75071-5

1-4051-7294-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Classificazione

38.20

Altri autori (Persone)

HarperD. A. T

Disciplina

560.285

560/.285

Soggetti

Paleontology - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-344) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Basic statistical methods -- Introduction to multivariate data analysis -- Morphometrics -- Phylogenetic analysis -- Paleobiogeography and paleoecology -- Time series analysis -- Quantitative biostratigraphy.

Sommario/riassunto

During the last 10 years numerical methods have begun to dominate paleontology. These methods now reach far beyond the fields of morphological and phylogenetic analyses to embrace biostratigraphy, paleobiogeography, and paleoecology. Paleontological Data Analysis explains the key numerical techniques in paleontology, and the methodologies employed in the software packages now available. Following an introduction to numerical methodologies in paleontology, and to univariate and multivariate techniques (including inferential testing), there follow chapters on morphometrics, phylogenetic