Dear all,
I am looking for papers that used approximations of body shapes (animals, plants, etc.) as combinations of geometric solids (e.g., frustums, cylinders, ellipsoids, rotational barrels), and used simple morphometric measurements (e.g. length, width, depth) to estimate volumes and surface areas of such shapes (whole body or body parts).
I am asking for help since I could not find much in the recent literature. This biometric approach (apparently quite fashionable in the University of Toronto in the 90s) would obviously imply different degrees of approximation (depending on the complexity of the organism shape and the number of solids utilised), but is quite powerful, especially considering the frequent availability of simple morphometric measurements.
Thanks!
Gianluca
What about the beam theory to model the mandibular corpus?:
Hylander, W. L. (1979a). Mandibular function in Galago crassicaudatus and Macaca fascicularis: an in vivo approach to stress analysis of the mandible. J. Morphol. 159: 253–296.
Hylander, W. L. (1979b). The functional significance of primate mandibular form. J. Morphol. 160: 223–240.
Daegling, D. J. (1989). Biomechanics and cross-sectional size and shape in the hominoid mandibular corpus. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 80: 91–106.
Biknevicius, A. R. & Ruff, C. B. (1992). The structure of the mandibular corpus and its relationship to feeding behaviours in extant carnivorans. J. Zool. (Lond.) 228: 479–507.
Therrien, F (2005). Mandibular force profiles of extant carnivorans and implications for the feeding behaviour of extinct predators. J. Zool, Lond, 267: 249-270.
Christiansen, P., &Adolfssen, J.S. (2005). Bite forces, canine strenght and skull allometry in carnivores(Mammalia, Carnivora). J. zool, Lond, 266:133-151.
I hope that could be of your interest,
Best,
Alberto
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