Contributors

Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists

Miriam Leah Zelditch is an Associate Research Scientist at the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, MI. She studies the evolution of ontogeny, focusing on the developmental basis of morphological disparity and variance. Donald L. Swiderski is the Adjunct Research Investigator, Mammal Division, at the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, MI. He is an evolutionary morphologist, interested in the relationships between the morphological and ecological diversity of mammals. H. David Sheets is Chair of the Department of Physics at Canisius College, Buffalo NY. Aphysicist by training, his interest in dynamical processes led to work on the processes andpatternsofevolutionarychange.Theneedforrobust,powerfulmethodstocharacterize shape spurred an interest in geometric morphometrics, leading to the development of analytic methods and the Integrated Morphometrics Programs software series. William L. Fink istheProfessorofBiologyattheUniversityofMichigan, andtheCurator of Fishes at the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, MI. His research interests include the biology and systematics of fishes (particularly neotropical species), higher

classification, and the theory of systematics and biogeography