Biological systematics principles and applications /

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Main Author: Schuh, Randall T.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Brower, Andrew V. Z. (Andrew Van Zandt), 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press, 2009.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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.