LEADER 04112oam 22005774a 450 001 9910969663903321 005 20250616205424.0 010 $a9781501752797 010 $a1501752790 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(Perlego)1432740 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 $aThis edition also issued in print: 2021. 311 08$a9781501752773 311 08$a1501752774 311 08$a9781501752780 311 08$a1501752782 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 $aBiology$vClassification 615 0$aBiology 676 $a574.012 700 $aBrower$b Andrew V. Z$g(Andrew Van Zandt),$f1962-,$4aut$01809022 702 $aSchuh$b Randall T$4aut 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969663903321 996 $aBiological systematics$94359599 997 $aUNINA