Biological systematics [electronic resource] : principles and applications / Randall T. Schuh, Andrew V.Z. Brower.
Publication details: Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press, 2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 311 p. : ill., mapISBN:- 9780801447990 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0801447992 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780801462436 (e-book)
- 570.1/2 22
- QH83 .S345 2009eb
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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.