Biological systematics: principles and applications

by Schuh, Randall T.

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

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:xiii, 311 p. : : ill., map.

Edition Identifiers

oclc:on1200876460
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.