Biological systematics : the state of the art

Author(s)

• Minelli, Alessandro

Bibliographic Information

Biological systematics : the state of the art

Alessandro Minelli

Chapman & Hall, 1993

1st ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"Biological Systematics" provides a critical overview of the state of the art in biological systematics and presents a broad perspective of the subject, covering its history, theory and practice. The most improtant current theoretical issues are reviewed with the emphasis on the species concept, the methodology of phylogenetic reconstruction and contrasting views on the relationships between phylogenetics and systematics. A large part of the book is devoted to a review of the current state of taxonomy of the main groups, concluding with a discussion of evolutionary patterns.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 Problems and methods: systems and classifications
• some steps in comparative biology
• biochemical and molecular systematics
• the species
• resources and media. Part 2 The state of the art: the inventory of natural diversity
• towards the system
• interviews on the daily work of systematists - problems and trends
• the unequal distribution of taxonomic diversity
• domesticated and cultivated plants. Part 3 Epilogue: some dangerous trends and a hope for the future.

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Details

• NCID: BA21213499
• ISBN:
  • 0412364409
• LCCN: 93003578
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 387 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH83
  • DC20 : 574/.014
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Biology -- Classification