Dear Colleagues,

Registration is open for the course "GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS WITH PLANTS", April
22-26, 2014.
Instructors: Dr. Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK) and MSc Flatcher
(Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna, Austria).

More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/gm/gm-and-plants/

PLACE:  Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain).

Organized by: Transmitting Science, The Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel
Crusafont and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica de els
Hostalets de Pierola.

This course offers a self-contained introduction to geometric morphometrics with
a special focus on applications in plant evolution and development.
Plant-specific aspects of data acquisition and evaluation are discussed, and the
particular possibilities of geometric morphometrics in plants will be
highlighted. Lectures about general morphological and developmental
characteristics of plants are combined with an introduction to the concepts and
techniques of shape analysis. Finally, advanced methods such as regression
analyses, modularity tests and comparative phylogenetic analyses are presented.
This theoretical basis is complemented by hands-on demonstrations of data
collection and analyses. The main focus of the course will be on landmark
morphometrics, but a brief introduction and discussion of outline methods and
semilandmarks is also provided. If there are participants who already have
collected their own data, they are encouraged to bring these data for conducting
analyses and discussing results.

With best regards

Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. 
Course Director 
Transmitting Science 
www.transmittingscience.org