LEADER 04129oam 22005534a 450 001 9910827471003321 005 20230630000402.0 010 $a1-5017-5279-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501752797 035 $a(CKB)4100000011773065 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6176196 035 $a(DE-B1597)551308 035 $a(OCoLC)1243312388 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501752797 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002604724 035 $a(OCoLC)1287099224 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_97793 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011773065 100 $a20210406d2021 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBiological systematics $eprinciples and applications /$fRandall T. Schuh, Andrew V.Z. Brower 205 $aThird Edition. 210 1$cCornell University Press$aIthaca, NY$d[2021] 215 $a1 online resource (456 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aCornell scholarship online 300 $aThis edition also issued in print: 2021. 311 0 $a1-5017-5277-4 311 0 $a1-5017-5278-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface to the First Edition --$tPreface to the Second Edition --$tPreface to the Third Edition --$tAcknowledgments to the First Edition --$tAcknowledgments to the Second Edition --$tDedication and Acknowledgments to the Third Edition --$tSection I. HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND FOR SYSTEMATICS --$t1. Introduction to Systematics: First Principles and Practical Tools --$t2. Systematics and the Philosophy of Science --$tSection II. CLADISTIC METHODS --$t3. Characters and Character States --$t4. Character Polarity and Inferring Homology --$t5. Tree-Building Algorithms and Philosophies --$t6. Evaluating Results --$tSection III. APPLICATION OF CLADISTIC RESULTS --$t7. Species: Concepts, Recognition, and Analytical Problems --$t8. Nomenclature, Classifications, and Systematic Databases --$t9. The Integration of Phylogenetics, Historical Biogeography, and Host-Parasite Coevolution --$t10. Evaluating Hypothetical Scenarios of Evolution, Ecology and Adaptation --$t11. Understanding Molecular Clocks and Time Trees --$t12. Biodiversity and Conservation --$tPostscript: Parsimony and the Future of Systematics --$tAppendix --$tGlossary --$tLiterature Cited --$tAuthor Index --$tSubject Index 330 $aUnderstanding the history and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics, taxonomy and classification of living things) is key to successful practice of the discipline. In this thoroughly revised Third Edition of the classic Biological Systematics, Andrew V. Z. Brower and Randall T. Schuh provide an updated account of cladistic principles and techniques, emphasizing their empirical and epistemological clarity. Schuh and Brower cover: -the history and philosophy of systematics -the mechanics and methods of character analysis, phylogenetic inference, and evaluation of results -the practical application of systematic results to: - biological classification, - adaptation and coevolution - biodiversity, and conservation -new chapters on species and molecular clocks Biological Systematics is intended as a textbook for students studying systematic biology and as a desk reference for practicing systematists. Part explication of concepts and methods, part exploration of the underlying epistemology of systematics, Brower and Schuh aim in this third edition to explain why some methods are more empirically sound than others. 410 0$aCornell scholarship online. 606 $aBiology$xClassification 610 $a, philosophy of systematics. 610 $aPhylogenetics, Philosophy of science, Biogeography. 615 0$aBiology$xClassification. 676 $a574.012 700 $aBrower$b Andrew V. Z$g(Andrew Van Zandt),$f1962-$4aut$01710862 702 $aSchuh$b Randall T$4aut 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827471003321 996 $aBiological systematics$94101784 997 $aUNINA