Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 620-632) and indexes

Note: Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Atlas of Benthic Foraminifera -- Abyssamina poagi Schnitker and Tjalsma, 1980 -- Abyssamina quadrata Schnitker and Tjalsma, 1980 -- Alabamina creta (Finlay), 1940 -- Alabamina dissonata (Cushman and Renz), 1948 -- Ammoanita ingerlisae Gradstein and Kaminski, 1997 -- Ammobaculites agglutinans (d'Orbigny), 1846 -- Ammobaculites jarvisi Cushman and Renz, 1946 -- Ammobaculoides carpathicus Geroch, 1966 -- Ammodiscus infimus Franke, 1936 -- Ammodiscus latus Grzybowski, 1898 -- Ammodiscus pennyi Cushman and Jarvis, 1928 -- Ammodiscus tenuis (Brady), 1881 -- Ammolagena clavata (Jones and Parker), 1860 -- Amphicoryna scalaris (Batsch), 1791 -- Annectina biedai Gradstein and Kaminski, 1997 -- Annectina grzybowskii (Jurkiewicz), 1960 -- Anomalinella rostrata (Brady), 1881 -- Anomalinoides capitatus (Gümbel), 1868 -- Anomalinoides globulosus (Chapman and Parr), 1937 -- Anomalinoides rubiginosus (Cushman), 1926 -- Anomalinoides semicribratus (Beckmann), 1954 -- Aragonia aragonensis (Nuttall), 1930 -- Aragonia velascoensis (Cushman), 1925 -- Astrononion stelligerum (d'Orbigny), 1839 -- Bigenerina nodosaria d'Orbigny, 1826 -- Bolivina decussata Brady, 1881 -- Bolivina huneri Howe, 1939 -- Bolivinita quadrilatera (Schwager), 1866 -- Bolivinoides delicatulus Cushman, 1927 -- Bolivinoides draco (Marsson), 1878 -- Brizalina alata (Seguenza), 1862 -- Brizalina aliformis (Cushman), 1926 -- Brizalina antegressa (Subbotina), 1953 -- Brizalina subaenariensis var. mexicana (Cushman), 1922 -- Brizalina subspinescens (Cushman), 1922 -- Bulbobaculites problematicus (Neagu), 1962 -- Bulimina aculeata d'Orbigny, 1826 -- Bulimina alazanensis Cushman, 1927 -- Bulimina callahani Galloway and Morrey, 1931 -- Bulimina elongata d'Orbigny, 1846 -- Bulimina gibba Fornasini, 1902. , Bulimina glomarchallengeri Tjalsma and Lohmann, 1983 -- Bulimina impendens Parker and Bermúdez, 1937 -- Bulimina jacksonensis Cushman, 1925 -- Bulimina jarvisi Cushman and Parker, 1936 -- Bulimina macilenta Cushman and Parker, 1939 -- Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny, 1826 -- Bulimina mexicana Cushman, 1922 -- Bulimina midwayensis Cushman and Parker, 1936 -- Bulimina rostrata Brady, 1884 -- Bulimina semicostata Nuttall, 1930 -- Bulimina taylorensis Cushman and Parker, 1935 -- Bulimina thanetensis Cushman and Parker, 1947 -- Bulimina trinitatensis Cushman and Jarvis, 1928 -- Bulimina tuxpamensis Cole, 1928 -- Bulimina velascoensis (Cushman), 1925 -- Buliminella beaumonti Cushman and Renz, 1946 -- Buliminella grata Parker and Bermúdez, 1937 -- Buzasina galeata (Brady), 1881 -- Cancris auriculus (Fichtel and Moll), 1798 -- Cancris nuttalli (Palmer and Bermúdez), 1936 -- Cassidulina teretis Tappan, 1951 -- Cassidulinoides parkerianus (Brady), 1881 -- Caudammina excelsa (Dylàzanka), 1923 -- Caudammina gigantea (Geroch), 1960 -- Caudammina ovula (Grzybowski), 1896 emend. Geroch, 1960 -- Chilostomella oolina Schwager, 1878 -- Chrysalidinella dimorpha (Brady), 1881 -- Cibicides lobatulus (Walker and Jacob), 1798 -- Cibicides refulgens de Montfort, 1808 -- Cibicidina walli Bandy, 1949 -- Cibicidoides alazanensis (Nuttall), 1932 -- Cibicidoides barnetti (Bermúdez), 1949 -- Cibicidoides bradyi (Trauth) 1918 -- Cibicidoides cicatricosus (Schwager), 1866 -- Cibicidoides compressus (Cushman and Renz), 1941 -- Cibicidoides crebbsi (Hedberg), 1937 -- Cibicidoides dohmi (Bermúdez), 1949 -- Cibicidoides eocaenus (Gümbel), 1868 -- Cibicidoides grimsdalei (Nuttall), 1930 -- Cibicidoides grosseperforatus van Morkhoven and Berggren, 1986 -- Cibicidoides guazumalensis (Bermúdez), 1949 -- Cibicidoides havanensis (Cushman and Bermúdez), 1937. , Cibicidoides hyphalus (Fisher), 1969 -- Cibicidoides incrassatus (Fichtel and Moll), 1798 -- Cibicidoides lamontdohertyi Miller and Katz, 1987 -- Cibicidoides laurisae (Mallory), 1959 -- Cibicidoides matanzasensis (Hadley), 1934 -- Cibicidoides mexicanus (Nuttall), 1932 -- Cibicidoides micrus (Bermúdez), 1949 -- Cibicidoides mundulus (Brady, Parker, and Jones), 1888 -- Cibicidoides pachyderma (Rzehak), 1886 -- Cibicidoides praemundulus Berggren and Miller, 1986 -- Cibicidoides robertsonianus (Brady), 1881 -- Cibicidoides subhaidingerii (Parr), 1950 -- Cibicidoides subspiratus (Nuttall), 1930 -- Cibicidoides velascoensis (Cushman), 1925 -- Cibicorbis hitchcockae (Galloway and Wissler), 1927 -- Clavulinoides aspera (Cushman), 1926 -- Conotrochammina voeringensis Gradstein and Kaminski, 1997 -- Coryphostoma incrassata (Reuss), 1851 -- Coryphostoma midwayensis (Cushman), 1936 -- Cribrostomoides subglobosus (Cushman), 1910 -- Cyclammina cancellata Brady, 1879 -- Cyclammina pusilla Brady, 1881 -- Cystammina pauciloculata (Brady), 1879 -- Cystammina sveni Gradstein and Kaminski, 1997 -- Discorbinella bertheloti (d'Orbigny), 1839 -- Eggerella bradyi (Cushman), 1911 -- Ehrenbergina hystrix Brady, 1881 -- Elphidium crispum (Linnaeus), 1758 -- Elphidium macellum (Fichtel and Moll), 1798 -- Epistominella exigua (Brady), 1884 -- Eratidus foliaceus (Brady), 1881 -- Eubuliminella exilis (Brady), 1884 -- Evolutinella vocontianus (Moullade), 1966 -- Favocassidulina favus (Brady), 1877 -- Fissurina orbignyana Seguenza, 1862 -- Fissurina seminiformis (Schwager), 1866 -- Frondicularia saggitula van den Broeck, 1876 -- Fursenkoina bradyi (Cushman), 1922 -- Fursenkoina complanata (Egger), 1893 -- Globobulimina pacifica Cushman, 1927 -- Globocassidulina punctata Berggren and Miller, 1986 -- Globocassidulina subglobosa (Brady), 1881. , Globulina myristiformis (Williamson), 1858 -- Glomospira charoides (Jones and Parker), 1860 -- Glomospira gordialis (Jones and Parker), 1860 -- Glomospirella diffundens (Cushman and Renz), 1946 -- Glomospirella gaultina (Berthelin), 1880 -- Gyroidinoides quadratus (Cushman and Church), 1929 -- Gyroidinoides soldanii (d'Orbigny), 1826 -- Hanzawaia ammophila (Gümbel), 1868 -- Hanzawaia caribaea (Cushman and Bermúdez), 1936 -- Hanzawaia mantaensis (Galloway and Morrey), 1929 -- Haplophragmoides constrictus Krasheninnikov, 1973 -- Haplophragmoides multicamerus Krasheninnikov, 1973 -- Haplophragmoides pervagatus Krasheninnikov, 1973 -- Haplophragmoides walteri (Grzybowski), 1898 -- Heterolepa dutemplei (d'Orbigny), 1846 -- Hippocrepina depressa Vasicek, 1947 -- Hoeglundina elegans (d'Orbigny), 1826 -- Hormosina globulifera Brady, 1879 -- Hormosinella carpenteri (Brady), 1881 -- Hormosinella distans (Brady), 1881 -- Hormosinelloides guttifer (Brady), 1881 -- Hyalinea balthica (Schroeter), 1783 -- Hyperammina elongata Brady, 1878 -- Ioanella tumidula (Brady), 1884 -- Jaculella acuta Brady, 1879 -- Kalamopsis grzybowskii (Dylàzanka), 1923 -- Karreriella bradyi (Cushman), 1911 -- Karreriella novangliae (Cushman), 1922 -- Karrerulina conversa (Grzybowski), 1901 -- Lagena sulcata (Walker and Jacob), 1798 -- Latibolivina subreticulata (Parr) 1932 -- Laticarinina pauperata (Parker and Jones), 1865 -- Lenticulina anaglypta (Loeblich and Tappan), 1987 -- Lenticulina convergens (Bornemann), 1855 -- Lenticulina gibba (d'Orbigny), 1839 -- Lenticulina iota (Cushman), 1923 -- Lenticulina muensteri (Roemer), 1839 -- Lituotuba lituiformis (Brady), 1879 -- Loxostomina limbata (Brady), 1881 -- Loxostomoides applinae (Plummer), 1927 -- Marginulina obesa Cushman, 1923 -- Marssonella oxycona (Reuss), 1860 -- Martinottiella communis (d'Orbigny), 1826. , Matanzia bermudezi Palmer, 1936 -- Melonis barleeanum (Williamson), 1858 -- Melonis pompilioides (Fichtel and Moll), 1798 -- Melonis sphaeroides Voloshinova, 1958 -- Neoconorbina terquemi (Rzehak), 1888 -- Neoeponides auberii (d'Orbigny), 1839 -- Neoeponides hillebrandti Fisher, 1969 -- Neoflabellina jarvisi (Cushman), 1935 -- Neolenticulina peregrina (Schwager), 1866 -- Nonion havanense Cushman and Bermúdez, 1937 -- Nonionella turgida (Williamson), 1858 -- Nonionellina labradorica (Dawson), 1860 -- Nummoloculina contraria (d'Orbigny), 1846 -- Nuttallides truempyi (Nuttall), 1930 -- Nuttallides umbonifera (Cushman), 1933 -- Oolina hexagona (Williamson), 1848 -- Oridorsalis umbonatus (Reuss), 1851 -- Osangularia culter (Parker and Jones), 1865 -- Osangularia velascoensis (Cushman), 1925 -- Parabrizalina porrecta (Brady), 1881 -- Paratrochammina challengeri Brönnimann and Whittaker, 1988 -- Patellina corrugata Williamson, 1858 -- Planularia australis Chapman, 1941 -- Planularia gemmata (Brady), 1881 -- Planulina ambigua (Franzenau), 1888 -- Planulina ariminensis d'Orbigny, 1826 -- Planulina costata (Hantken), 1875 -- Planulina foveolata (Brady), 1884 -- Planulina mexicana Cushman, 1927 -- Planulina renziCushman and Stainforth, 1945 -- Planulina rugosa (Phleger and Parker), 1951 -- Planulina subtenuissima (Nuttall), 1928 -- Planulina wuellerstorfi (Schwager), 1866 -- Plectofrondicularia parri Finlay, 1939 -- Plectofrondicularia paucicostata Cushman and Jarvis, 1929 -- Plectofrondicularia vaughani Cushman, 1927 -- Pleurostomella brevis Schwager, 1866 -- Praecystammina globigerinaeformis Krasheninnikov, 1973 -- Psammosphaera fusca Schulze, 1875 -- Pseudoclavulina amorpha (Cushman), 1926 -- Pseudonodosinella elongata (Grzybowski), 1898 -- Pseudonodosinella nodulosa (Brady, 1879 ) emend. Loeblich and Tappan, 1987 -- Pseudonodosinella troyeri (Tappan), 1960. , Pseudoreophax cisownicensis Geroch, 1961.

Note: Front cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- The Editor -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Digital Innovation and Taxonomy's Finest Hour -- Chapter 3. Natural Object Categorization: Man versus Machine -- Chapter 4. Neural Networks in Brief -- Chapter 5. Morphometrics and Computed Homology: An Old Theme Revisited -- Chapter 6. The Automated Identification of Taxa: Concepts and Applications -- Chapter 7. DAISY: A Practical Computer-Based Tool for Semi-Automated Species Identification -- Chapter 8. Automated Extraction and Analysis of Morphological Features for Species Identification -- Chapter 9. Introducing SPIDA-Web: Wavelets, Neural Networks and Internet Accessibility in an Image-Based Automated Identification System -- Chapter 10. Automated Tools for the Identification of Taxa from Morphological Data: Face Recognition in Wasps -- Chapter 11. Pattern Recognition for Ecological Science and Environmental Monitoring: An Initial Report -- Chapter 12. Plant Identification from Characters and Measurements Using Artificial Neural Networks -- Chapter 13. Spot the Penguin: Can Reliable Taxonomic Identifications Be Made Using Isolated Foot Bones? -- Chapter 14. A New Semi-Automatic Morphometric Protocol for Conodonts and a Preliminary Taxonomic Application -- Chapter 15. Decision Trees: A Machine-Learning Method for Characterizing Morphological Patterns Resulting from Ecological Adaptation -- Chapter 16. Data Integration and Multifactorial Analyses: The Yeasts and the BioloMICS Software as a Case Study -- Chapter 17. Automatic Measurement of Honeybee Wings -- Chapter 18. Good Performers Know Their Audience! Identification and Characterization of Pitch Contours in Infant- and Foreigner-Directed Speech -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Subject Index -- Taxon Index -- Back cover.

Note: Front Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- References -- Chapter 2 -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- Homology -- Characters -- Continuous variables -- Primary homology and topographical identity -- Character state identity -- Cladistic analysis -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3 -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- Brownian motion and character correlation -- Dilemmas and opportunities -- Chasing peaks -- Punctuational models -- The character coding problem -- The character uncoding problem -- Morphometrics at last -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4 -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- Methods of analysis -- Scaling -- Polymorphism -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5 -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- Review of the last 10 years in plant phylogenetics -- Methods -- Phylogenetic analyses -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 6 -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- Requirements of phylogenetic analysis -- Mandibles and landmarks -- Comparison of morphometric methods -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7 -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- Characters and variables -- Using morphology to discover character states -- Continuity: axes vs observations -- Distances, landmarks, and homology -- Partial warp variables as phylogenetic characters: a test of congruence -- A relative warp approach to quantitative morphological analysis in systematics: congruence, interpretability, and extension -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 8 -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction: on themes visual and methodological -- Localization in biometry -- Geometry of creases in one and two dimensions -- Example: effect of schizophrenia on a midsagittal brain polygon -- Example: sexual dimorphism in a curving form without landmarks -- Lab rats. , A phylogenetic example -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix 1: constructing hypothetical forms by minimizing bending energy -- Appendix 2: how to approximate your own creases -- References -- Chapter 9 -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- Shape variables and multivariate spaces -- Fitting shape data to a phylogeny -- Visualizations -- An example -- Estimating a phylogeny from shape data -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 10 -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- What are phylogenetic signals? -- How do phylogenetic signals originate and why are they interesting? -- Uncertainty and the bootstrap -- A model for describing morphometric variation using landmarks -- Parametric bootstrapping under the model -- Constructing phenograms based on morphometric dissimilarity -- Measuring the signal -- A simple example -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 11 -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- Materials and methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendices -- Chapter 12 -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- The methods -- Practical application of the methods -- Validity of using Brownian motion models -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 13 -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- General theory for statistical models of continuously varying traits -- A framework for modelling continuously varying traits evolving on phylogenies -- Hypothesis testing -- An application to the evolution of Hominid cranial capacity -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 14 -- References.