Schuh, Randall T.

Biological systematics principles and applications / [electronic resource] : Randall T. Schuh, Andrew V.Z. Brower. - 2nd ed. - Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press, 2009. - xiii, 311 p. : ill., map.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Biology--Classification.


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