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Biological systematics principles and applications

Title
Biological systematics [electronic resource] : principles and applications / Andrew V. Z. Brower, National Identification Services, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Riverdale, Maryland; Resarch Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York; and Department of Entomology, National Museum of National History, Washington, District of Columbia, Randall T. Schuh, George Willett Curator of Entomology Emeritus, Division of invertrbrate Zoology, and Professor Emeritus, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York; Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; and Department of Biology, City College, City University of New York, New York.
Author
Brower, Andrew V. Z. (Andrew Van Zandt), 1962-
Publication
Ithaca [New York] : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.

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Schuh, Randall T.
Description
1 online resource (xix, 436 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
"The book addresses the methods and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics, taxonomy, and classification of living things). In particular, it emphasizes an empirical, cladistic approach, which espouses minimization of ad hoc hypotheses of evolution via the parsimony criterion for selecting preferred hypotheses of relationships, and recognition of groups based upon synapomorphies (inferred shared, derived character states) alone"--
Uniform Title
Biological systematics (Online)
Alternative Title
Biological systematics (Online)
Subject
Biology > Classification
Bibliography (note)
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Contents
Introduction to systematics -- Systematics and the philosophy of science -- Characters and character states -- Character polarity and inferring homology -- Tree-building algorithms and philosophies -- Evaluating results -- Species -- Nomenclature, classifications, and systematic databases -- The integration of phylogenetics, historical biogeography and host -- Parasite coevolution -- Ecology, adaptation, and evolutionary scenarios -- Understanding molecular clocks and time trees -- Biodiversity and conservation -- Parsimony and the future of systematics.
LCCN
2020028724
OCLC
ssj0002431638
Author
Brower, Andrew V. Z. (Andrew Van Zandt), 1962-
Title
Biological systematics [electronic resource] : principles and applications / Andrew V. Z. Brower, National Identification Services, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Riverdale, Maryland; Resarch Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York; and Department of Entomology, National Museum of National History, Washington, District of Columbia, Randall T. Schuh, George Willett Curator of Entomology Emeritus, Division of invertrbrate Zoology, and Professor Emeritus, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York; Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; and Department of Biology, City College, City University of New York, New York.
Imprint
Ithaca [New York] : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
Edition
Third edition.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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Schuh, Randall T.
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