Orthoseira Thwaites (1848) is an aerophilous genus of diatoms commonly found attached to mosses in the splash zones of waterfalls. The first taxon associated with the genus was described in 1848, but it lacks carinoportulae, the defining feature of the group (Thwaites 1848). Als…
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Assassin bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) comprise the second largest family (~7,000 spp., 24 subfamilies) of true bugs. Among the most common and diverse of these are ambush bugs of the genus Phymata Latreille, 1802 (Phymatinae: Phymatini), and the bee assassins, Apiomerus Hahn, …
The tropical rainforests of Africa make up one of the largest rainforest blocks in the world, second only to the Amazon Rainforest of South America. This area hosts an incredible diversity of plants and animals and contains three of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, indicative …
Flowering Plant Origin, Evolution and Phylogeny brings together the work of an international group of experts to provide a current understanding of research into the origin, early evolution, and basal phylogeny of the flowering plants. This important volume combines, in a single…
The focus of the book is to consolidate the information on the principles of plant systematic, including detailed discussion on all major systems of classification, and significantly, also include discussion on the selected families of vascular plants, without sacrificing the di…
The Princeton guide to evolution
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This book is a reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evolutionary biology, from genes to mass extinctions. The book contains some 100 articles on the most important topics in seven major areas: phylogenetics and the history of life; selection and adaptation; evolut…
What are the roots of human nature and what is wrong with the scientific picture of what and who we are? Was Thomas Hobbes right to say that human life is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short?" In this new work, biologist Mary Clark argues that the Western view of human na…
A comprehensive introduction to vascular plant phylogeny, the Third Edition of Plant Systematics reflects changes in the circumscription of many orders and families to represent monophyletic groups, following the most recent classification of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The …
Encouraging interdisciplinary research, this book introduces state-of-the-art phylogenetics to the Bayesian statistical community and, likewise, presents state-of-the-art Bayesian statistics to the phylogenetics community. The book emphasizes model selection, reflecting recent i…
The aim of this volume is to explain some of the biology and the computational and mathematical challenges with the modeling and simulation of biological networks. The different chapters provide examples of how these challenges are met, with particular emphasis on nontraditional…
The recent discovery of diverse fossil flowers and floral organs in Cretaceous strata has revealed astonishing details about the structural and systematic diversity of early angiosperms. Exploring the rich fossil record that has accumulated over the last three decades, this is …
Molecular Ecology, 2nd Edition provides an accessible introduction to the many diverse aspects of this subject. The book takes a logical and progressive approach to uniting examples from a wide range of taxonomic groups. The straightforward writing style offers in depth analys…
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of nucleotide and protein phylogenetic analysis--[P. 4 of cover].
"This new edition of Phylogenetics captures the very essence of this rapidly evolving discipline. Written for the practicing systematist and phylogeneticist, it addresses both the philosophical and technical issues of the field, as well as surveys general practices in taxonomy. …
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolutionary interrelationships and myriad diversity of the Animal Kingdom. It reviews the classical, morphological information from structure and embryology, as well as the new data gained from studies using immune stainings of…
Intended for students who are already familiar with the basic ideas of the subject, this text takes account of the many new developments, integrating an exposition of the theory with a critical discussion of how predictions have been tested.
Molecular panbiogeography of the tropics
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Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal distributions. The tropics illustrate these patterns of community immobilism leading to allopatric differentiation, as well as other patterns of mobilism, range expansion, and overlap of taxa. Integr…