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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.