Dear Morphometricians: I am working on a systematic study of a palm genus, Geonoma. The species of current interest, G. interrupta, is quite a large palm, and so herbarium specimens (the source of my data) are usually fragmentary and not suitable for traditional morphometrics. I want to use landmark data from the flowering branches, specifically the pits in which the flowers are borne. There is quite a lot of variation in the spiral arrangement of these pits.
Anyway, here is my question (I am a complete novice in landmark analysis!): I have taken digital images (through a stereomicroscope) of the flowering branches and pit arrangement. How can I obtain x,y coordinates from these images? I had thought to use Image J, but this may not work. Thanks. Andrew Henderson == Replies will be sent to list. For more information see http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/morphmet.html.
