| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 333 pages) |
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Species and systematics ; v. 3 |
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Species and systematics ; v. 3.
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| Contents |
Chris Humphries, cladistics, and connections / David M. Williams, Kåre Bremer, and Sandra Knapp -- Ontogeny and systematics revisited : developmental models and model organisms / Stephen Blackmore and Alexandra H. Wortley -- Rooted in cladistics : Chris Humphries, conservation--and beyond? / Richard I. Vane-Wright -- Do we need to describe, name, and classify all species? / Quentin D. Wheeler -- Floras to phylogenies : why descriptive taxonomy matters / Sandra Knapp and J. Robert Press -- Island hot spots : the challenge of climate change / David Bramwell -- Endemism and evolution of the Macaronesian flora / Mark A. Carine, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, I. Rosana Guma, and J. Alfredo Reyes-Betancort -- Early British collectors and observers of the Macaronesian flora : from Sloane to Darwin / Javier Francisco-Ortega, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, Charlie E. Jarvis, Mark A. Carine, Miguel Menezes de Sequeira, and Mike Maunder -- Monophyly and the two hierarchies / Olivier Rieppel -- Beyond belief : the steady resurrection of phenetics / David M. Williams, Malte C. Ebach, and Quentin D. Wheeler -- Monographic effects on the stratigraphic distribution of brachiopods / Gordon B. Curry -- The eukaryote tree of life / Diana Lipscomb -- Tethys and teleosts / Peter L. Forey -- East-west continental vicariance in Eucalyptus subgenus Eucalyptus / Pauline Y. Ladiges, Michael J. Bayly, and Gareth J. Nelson -- Wallacea deconstructed / Lynne R. Parenti and Malte C. Ebach |
| Summary |
Cladistics, or phylogenetic systematics took hold during a turbulent and acrimonious time in the history of systematics. This volume illustrates that cladistic methodologies have continued to be developed, improved upon, and effectively used in widening analytically imaginative ways |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cladistic analysis.
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Biogeography.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Taxonomy.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Biogeography
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Cladistic analysis
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Biogeografie
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Phylogenetische Systematik
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Phylogenie
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Evolutionsbiologie
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Evolution
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Methode
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Cladistiek.
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Taxonomie.
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Biogeografie.
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Ontogenese.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Williams, David M. (David Mervyn), 1954-
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Knapp, Sandra.
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| ISBN |
9780520947993 |
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0520947991 |
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1282764489 |
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9781282764484 |
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9786612764486 |
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6612764481 |
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