Biological systematics: principles and applications

by Schuh, Randall T.

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Title Statements

Full title :Biological systematics : principles and applications / Randall T. Schuh, Andrew V.Z. Brower.

Summary

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.

Edition Statements

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:1 online resource (xiii, 311 pages) : : illustrations, map

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780801462436, 0801462436, 1501717014, 9781501717017, 9781501752797, 1501752790
DOI:10.7591/9780801462436
oclc:ocn742302793
LC Classification:QH83
Dewey Decimal:570.1/2

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.