Biological systematics: principles and applications
"Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications draws equally from examples in botany and zoology to provide a modern account of cladistic principles and techniques. It is a core systematics textbook with a focus on parsimony-based approaches for students and biologists interested in systematics and comparative biology. Randall T. Schuh and Andrew V. Z. Brower cover the history and philosophy of systematics and nomenclature; the mechanics and methods of analysis and evaluation of results; …
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- Full title :Biological systematics : principles and applications / Randall T. Schuh, Andrew V.Z. Brower.
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"Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications draws equally from examples in botany and zoology to provide a modern account of cladistic principles and techniques. It is a core systematics textbook with a focus on parsimony-based approaches for students and biologists interested in systematics and comparative biology. Randall T. Schuh and Andrew V. Z. Brower cover the history and philosophy of systematics and nomenclature; the mechanics and methods of analysis and evaluation of results; the practical applications of results and wider relevance within biological classification, biogeography, adaptation and coevolution, biodiversity, and conservation; and software applications. This new and thoroughly revised edition reflects the exponential growth in the use of DNA sequence data in systematics. New data techniques and a notable increase in the number of examples from molecular systematics will be of interest to students increasingly involved in molecular and genetic work." -- Publisher.
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- Publication Date:2009.
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication:Ithaca
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 311 pages : : illustrations, map ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780801447990, 0801447992
- oclc:ocn312728177
- LC Classification:QH83
- Dewey Decimal:570.1/2
Table of Contents
Introduction to systematics -- Systematics and the philosophy of science -- Characters and character states -- Character polarity and inferring homology -- Tree-building algorithms -- Evaluating results -- Nomenclature, classifications, and systematic databases -- Historical biogeography and host-parasite coevolution -- Ecology, adaptation, and evolutionary scenarios -- Biodiversity and conservation.
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