1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910695089003321

Autore

Barr Alan

Titolo

BOREAS AFM-5 level-2 upper air network standard pressure level data [[electronic resource] /] / A. Barr and C. Hrynkiw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Greenbelt, Md. : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, , [2000]

Descrizione fisica

1 volume : digital, PDF file

Collana

Technical report series on the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) ; ; 9

NASA/TM ; ; 2000-209891, v. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

HrynkiwCharmaine

Soggetti

Aerology

Airborne equipment

Radiosondes

Meteorological parameters

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on April 13, 2006).

"June 2000."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910794436603321

Autore

Brower Andrew V. Z (Andrew Van Zandt), <1962->

Titolo

Biological systematics : principles and applications / / Randall T. Schuh, Andrew V.Z. Brower

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cornell University Press

Ithaca, NY, [2021]

ISBN

1-5017-5279-0

Edizione

[Third Edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (456 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Cornell scholarship online

Disciplina

574.012

Soggetti

Biology - Classification

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgments to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments to the Second Edition -- Dedication and Acknowledgments to the Third Edition -- Section I. HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND FOR SYSTEMATICS -- 1. Introduction to Systematics: First Principles and Practical Tools -- 2. Systematics and the Philosophy of Science -- Section II. CLADISTIC METHODS -- 3. Characters and Character States -- 4. Character Polarity and Inferring Homology -- 5. Tree-Building Algorithms and Philosophies -- 6. Evaluating Results -- Section III. APPLICATION OF CLADISTIC RESULTS -- 7. Species: Concepts, Recognition, and Analytical Problems -- 8. Nomenclature, Classifications, and Systematic Databases -- 9. The Integration of Phylogenetics, Historical Biogeography, and Host-Parasite Coevolution -- 10. Evaluating Hypothetical Scenarios of Evolution, Ecology and Adaptation -- 11. Understanding Molecular Clocks and Time Trees -- 12. Biodiversity and Conservation -- Postscript: Parsimony and the Future of Systematics -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Literature Cited -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Understanding the history and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics, taxonomy and classification of living things) is key to successful practice of the discipline. In this thoroughly revised Third Edition of the classic Biological Systematics, Andrew V. Z. Brower and



Randall T. Schuh provide an updated account of cladistic principles and techniques, emphasizing their empirical and epistemological clarity. Schuh and Brower cover: -the history and philosophy of systematics -the mechanics and methods of character analysis, phylogenetic inference, and evaluation of results -the practical application of systematic results to: - biological classification, - adaptation and coevolution - biodiversity, and conservation -new chapters on species and molecular clocks Biological Systematics is intended as a textbook for students studying systematic biology and as a desk reference for practicing systematists. Part explication of concepts and methods, part exploration of the underlying epistemology of systematics, Brower and Schuh aim in this third edition to explain why some methods are more empirically sound than others.