Dear colleagues,

Registration is open for the course "GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS WITH PLANTS – 2^nd edition", May 2-7, 2016.

Instructors: Dr. Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK) and Dr. José María Gómez Reyes (Estación de Zonas Áridas de Almería, Spain)

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

Course description:

This course offers a self-contained introduction to geometric morphometrics with a special focus on applications in plant evolution and development.

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.

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

Organized by: Transmitting Science, The Institut Català de Paleontologia M. C. and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologic.

With best regards