Reprints and preprints of papers by F. James Rohlf

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Published papers

Sokal and Rohlf 1962.
The comparison of dendrograms by objective methods. Taxon, 11:33-40.
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.
Harcourt-Smith, W. H. E., M. Tallman, S. R. Frost, D. F. Wiley, F. J. Rohlf, E. Delson. 2008.
Analysis of selected hominoid joint surfaces using laser scanning and geometric morphometrics: a preliminary report. Pp. 373-383 in E. J. Sargis and M. Dagosto (eds.) Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology: A Tribute to Frederick S. Szalay. Springer: Dordrecht.
dotPahuta, M. A., J. G. Mainprize, F. J. Rohlf, and O. M. Antonyshyn. 2009.
Biometric Morphing: a novel technique for the analysis of morphological outcomes after facial surgery. Annals of Plastic Surgery, 62:42-47.
dotAmaral, Ana R., M. Manuela Coelho, Jesús Marugán-Lobón and F. James Rohlf. 2008.
Geometric morphometric analysis of cranial shape in closely related delphinid cetacean species: an evolutionary approach: Evolutionary morphology the skull in delphinids on the basis of geometric morphometric procedures. Zoology, 112:38-47.
dotValentin, A. E., X. Penin, J.-P. Chanut, J.-M. Sévigny, and F. J. Rohlf. 2008.
Arching effect on fish body shape in geometric morphometric studies. J. of Fish Biology, 73:623-638.
Hsiao, H., M. Friess, B. Bradtmiller, and F. J. Rohlf.. 2009.
Development of sizing structure for fall arrest harness design. Ergonomics, , 52:1128-1143.
 

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