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Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications draws equally from examples in botany and zoology to provide a modern account of cladistic principles and techniques. It is a core systematics textbook with a focus on parsimony-based approaches for students and biologists interested in systematics and comparative biology. In this new and thoroughly revised edition, Randall T. Schuh and Andrew V. Z. Brower cover a wide range of topics: the history and philosophy of systematics and nomenclature; the mechanics and methods of analysis and evaluation of results; the practical applications of results and wider relevance within biological classification, biogeography, adaptation and coevolution, biodiversity, and conservation; and new software applications. Updated to reflect the exponential growth in the use of DNA sequence data in systematics, the second edition of Biological Systematics features new data techniques and a notable increase in the number of examples from molecular systematics that will be of interest to students increasingly involved in molecular and genetic work.

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Author:   Randall T. Schuh ,  Andrew V. Z. Brower
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Comstock Publishing Associates
Edition:   2nd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780801447990

ISBN 10:   0801447992
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   30 July 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9780801462436
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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<p> This lovely book is a godsend to those of us who teach systematics. . . . I believe that Biological Systematics is the best textbook currently available for courses focusing on the theory and practice of cladistics. -Timothy M.Crowe, Cladistics (reviewing the first edition)

This lovely book is a godsend to those of us who teach systematics. . . . I believe that Biological Systematics is the best textbook currently available for courses focusing on the theory and practice of cladistics. Timothy M.Crowe, Cladistics (reviewing the first edition)

Author Information

Randall T. Schuh is Curator in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History. He is the author of the first edition of Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications and coauthor of True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): Classification and Natural History, both from Cornell, as well as Plant Bugs of the World. Andrew V. Z. Brower is Associate Professor of Biology at Middle Tennessee State University.

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