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Published papers

Rohlf 1963.

Classification of Aedes by numerical taxonomic methods (Diptera:Culicidae). Annal. Entomol. Soc. Am., 56:798-804.

Rohlf 1964.

Methods for checking the results of numerical taxonomic studies. Systematic Zool., 13:102-104.

Rohlf and Sokal 1965.

Coefficients of correlation and distance in numerical taxonomy. Univ. of Kansas Sci. Bull., 45:3-27.

Rohlf 1969.

Effect of clumped distributions in sparse populations. Ecology, 50:716 721.

Cipra, Bidwell, and Rohlf 1970.

Numerical taxonomy of soils from nine orders by cluster and centroid-component anayses. Soil Science, 34:281-287.

Sokal and Rohlf 1970.

The intelligent ignoramus, an experiment in numerical taxonomy. Taxon, 19:305 319.

Rohlf and Schnell 1971.

An investigation of the isolation-by-distance model. American Naturalist, 105:295-324.

Rohlf 1972.

An empirical comparison of three ordination techniques in numerical taxonomy. Systematic Zoology, 21:271-280.

Rohlf and Sokal 1972.

Comparative morphometrics by factor analysis in two species of diptera. Zeitschrift für Morphologie der Tiere, 72:36 45.

Rohlf 1973.

Algorithm 76. Hierarchical clustering using the minimum spanning tree. Computer J., 16:93-95.

Rohlf 1975.

Note on algorithm 81. Dendrogram plot. Computer J., 18:90-92.

Rohlf 1977.

Computational efficiency of agglomerative clustering algorithms. IBM Watson Research Center. RC no. 6831, 36 pp.

Rohlf and Archie 1978.

Least-squares mapping using interpoint distances.Ecology,59:126-132.

Rohlf 1978.

A probabilistic minimum spanning tree algorithm. Information Processing Letters,7:44-48.

Rohlf 1981.

Spatial representation of phylogenetic trees computed from dissimilarity matrices. Internat. Symp. on Concept and Method in Paleontology, Barcelona, pp. 303-311.

Rohlf 1982.

Consensus indices for comparing classifications. Mathematical Biosciences, 59:131-144.

Rohlf and Archie 1984.

A comparison of Fourier methods for the description of wing shape in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Syst. Zool., 33:302-317.

Ferson, Rohlf, and Koehn 1985.

Measuring shape variation of two-dimensional outlines. Syst. Zool., 34:59-68.

Rohlf 1986.

Relationships among eigenshape analysis, Fourier analysis, and analysis of coordinates. Mathematical Geology, 18:845-854.

Wartenberg, Ferson, and Rohlf 1987.

Putting things in order: a critique of detrended correspondence analysis. American Naturalist, 129:434-448.

Rohlf and Bookstein 1987.

A comment on shearing as a method of "size correction". Systematic Zoology, 36:356-367.

Rohlf 1990.

Rotational fit (Procrustes) methods. Pp. 227-236 in Rohlf and Bookstein Procedings of the Michigan morphometrics workshop.

Rohlf 1990.

Morphometrics. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 21: 299-316.

Rohlf 1990.

An overview of image processing and analysis techniques for morphometrics. Pp. 38-60 in Rohlf and Bookstein Procedings of the Michigan morphometrics workshop.

Rohlf 1990.

Fitting curves to outlines. Pp. 167-177 in Rohlf and Bookstein Procedings of the Michigan morphometrics workshop.

Rohlf 1990.

Morphometrics. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 21: 299-316.

Rohlf and Slice 1990.

Extensions of the Procrustes method for the optimal superimposition of landmarks. Systematic Zool., 39:40-59.

Rohlf, Chang, Sokal, and Kim 1990.

Accuracy of estimated phylogenies: effects of tree topology and evolutionary model. Evolution, 44:1671-1684.

Rohlf 1992

The analysis of shape variation using ordinations of fitted functions. Pp. 95-112, in Sorensen, J. T. and Foottit, R. (eds.) Ordinations in the study of morphology, evolution and syste­matics of insects: applications and quantitative genetic rationals. Elsevier: Amsterdam, 418 pp

Rohlf 1993.

Relative warp analysis and an example of its application to mosquito wings. Pp. 131-159 in Marcus et al. (eds.) Contributions to morphometrics. Musuo Nacionale de Ciencias Naturales.

Rohlf and Marcus 1993.

A revolution in morphometrics. Trends in ecology and evolution.

Rohlf 1995.

Multivariate analysis of shape using partial-warp scores. Pp. 154-158 in Mardia and Gill (eds.) Proceedings in current issues in statistical shape analysis.

Rohlf 1996.

Morphometric spaces, shape components and the effects of linear transformations. Pp. 117-129 in Marcus et al. Advances in morphometrics.

Rohlf, Loy, and Corti 1996.

Morphometric analysis of Old World Talpidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) using partial-warp scores. Syst. Biol., 45:344-362.

Rohlf 1998.

On applications of geometric morphometrics to studies of ontogeny and phylogeny. Systematic Biology, 47:147-158.

Rohlf 1998. Review of "Fourier descriptors and their applications in biology". Bull. Math. Biol., 60:604-605.

Bookstein, F. L., K. Schäfer, H. Prossinger, H. Seidler, M. Fieder, C. Stringer, G. W. Weber, J.-L. Arsuaga, D. E. Slice, F. J. Rohlf, W. Recheis, A. J. Mariam, and L. F. Marcus.  1999  

Comparing frontal cranial profiles in archaic and modern Homo by morphometric analysis. Anatomical Record (New Anat.) 257:217-224. 

Rohlf 1999

Shape Statistics: Procrustes Superimpositions and Tangent Spaces. Journal of Classification, 16:197-223.

Rohlf 2000

Phylogenetic models and reticulations. Journal of Classification, 17:185-189.

Rohlf 2000

Statistical power comparisons among alternative morphometric methods. Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol., 111:463-478.

Adams and Rohlf 2000

Ecological character displacement in Plethodon: Biomechanical differences found from a geometric morphometric study. Proc. National Academy of Science (US), 97:4106–4111.

Rohlf 2000

On the use of shape spaces to compare morphometric methods. Hystrix It. J. Mamm. (N.S.), 11(1):8-24.

Gharaibeh, Waleed S., F. James Rohlf, Dennis E. Slice, and Lynn E. DeLisi. 2000

A Geometric Morphometric Assessment of Change in Midline Brain Structural Shape following a First Episode of Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry, 48:398–405. MATLAB programs used for permutation tests 26K self-extracting exe file.

Rohlf and Corti 2000

The use of two-block partial least-squares to study covariation in shape. Systematic Biology, 49:740-753.

Corti and Rohlf. 2001.

Chromosomal speciation and phenotypic evolution in the house mouse. Biol. J. Linnaean Society. 73:99-112. [Note that in figure 5 the spline for the mandible is upside down.]

Rohlf 2001

Comparative methods for the analysis of continuous variables: Geometric interpretations. Evolution. 55:2143-2160. MATLAB source code from the appendix.

Rohlf 2002

Geometric morphometrics in systematics. Published as a chapter in N. Macleod and P. Forey (eds.) Morphology, shape and phylogenetics. Taylor&Francis: London.

Rohlf and Bookstein 2003

Computing the uniform component of shape variation. Systematic Biology, 52:66-69.

Rohlf 2003

Bias and error in estimates of mean shape in morphometrics. Journal of Human Evolution, 44:665-683.

Nicola, P. A., L. R. Monteiro, L. M. Pessoa, A. C. R. Alves, F. J. Von Zuben, F. J. Rohlf, S. F. Dos Reis 2003

Congruence of hierarchical, localized variation in cranial shape and molecular phylogenetic structure in Trinomys yonenagae (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 80:385-396.

Loy, Corti, Adams, Slice, and Rohlf 2004.

Introduction to the proceedings of the Rome 2002 Geometric Morphometrics workshop. Homage to Leslie F. Marcus. Italian Journal of Zoology, 71(1):1-3.

Adams, Rohlf, and Slice 2004.

Geometric morphometrics: ten years of progress following the 'revolution'. Italian Journal of Zoology, 71(1):5-16.

Friess, Martin, F. J. Rohlf, and Hsiao Hongwei. 2004.

Quantitative assessment of human body shape using Fourier analysis. SPIE. (In press).

Rohlf, F. J. 2004.

Preface. Pp. vii-viii in Morphometrics: applications in biology and paleontology. A. M. T. Elewa (ed.). Springer-Verlag: New York.

Bookstein, F. L. and F. J. Rohlf. 2004.

From “mathematical dissection of anatomies” to morphometrics: a twenty-first-century appreciation of Charles Oxnard. Pp. 378-390 in Anapol, F., R. Z. German, and N. G. Jablonski, eds. Shaping primate evolution. Cambridge Univ. Press: New York.

Rohlf, F. J. 2005.

Geometric morphometrics simplified. Review of "Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists: a primer". Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 20: 13-14.

Wiley, David, Nina Amenta, Eric Delson, F. James Rohlf, Yong Kil, and Will Harcourt-Smith. 2005.

Evolutionary morphing. A video produced for an NSF competition. File is in wmv format. HiRes (30.9MB) LowRes (12.5MB).

Rohlf, F. J. 2006.

A comment on phylogenetic correction. Evolution, 60: 1509-1515.

Papers in press or in preparation (do not cite, contact me for more information)

Also working hard on the morphometrics book with Adams and Slice!