Download or read book Principles of Biosystematics written by Thomas Robert Mertens and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biological Systematics written by Randall T. Schuh and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most students who take a course in biological systematics do so to learn how to construct a data matrix and generate and evaluate a tree of phylogenetic relationships. Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications, by Randall T. Schuh, provides a welcome tool for these students and their instructors: it is a comprehensive and completely new textbook, the first of its kind since 1981. Systematics, the study of the reconstruction of the history of life, forms the underlying basis for organizing the knowledge of biology; cladistics is the diagrammatic method of charting phylogenetic relationships over time among evolving life forms. Cladistics analysis, the key tool used in this book, is also of great use outside pure systematic studies, and interests many students of population biology, ecology, epidemiology, and natural resources.Suitable for both graduate and advanced undergraduate students, Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications covers the core material for courses in biological systematics, with equal emphasis on both botany and zoology. It includes sections on the history and resources of the field; biological nomenclature; the theory of homology, character analysis, and computer algorithms; and the application of the results of systematic studies in the areas of biological classification, biogeography, adaptation and co-evolution, and biodiversity and conservation.

Download or read book Biological Systematics written by Randall T. Schuh and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications draws equally from examples in botany and zoology to provide a modern account of cladistic principles and techniques. It is a core systematics textbook with a focus on parsimony-based approaches for students and biologists interested in systematics and comparative biology. Randall T. Schuh and Andrew V. Z. Brower cover: -the history and philosophy of systematics and nomenclature; -the mechanics and methods of analysis and evaluation of results; -the practical applications of results and wider relevance within biological classification, biogeography, adaptation and coevolution, biodiversity, and conservation; and -software applications. This new and thoroughly revised edition reflects the exponential growth in the use of DNA sequence data in systematics. New data techniques and a notable increase in the number of examples from molecular systematics will be of interest to students increasingly involved in molecular and genetic work.

Download or read book Introduction to the Principles of Plant Taxonomy written by V. V. Sivarajan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-08-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised and fully updated edition encourages the reader to view existing classification systems objectively as it reflects upon the rapid advances that have occurred since the first edition's publication.

Download or read book Biological Systematics written by Andrew V. Z. Brower and published by Comstock Publishing Associates. This book was released on 2021 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book addresses the methods and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics, taxonomy, and classification of living things). In particular, it emphasizes an empirical, cladistic approach, which espouses minimization of ad hoc hypotheses of evolution via the parsimony criterion for selecting preferred hypotheses of relationships, and recognition of groups based upon synapomorphies (inferred shared, derived character states) alone"--

Download or read book Principles and Techniques of Contemporary Taxonomy written by Donald L.J. Quicke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-13 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taxonomy is an ever-changing, controversial and exCitmg field of biology. It has not remained motionless since the days of its founding fathers in the last century, but, just as with other fields of endeavour, it continues to advance in leaps and bounds, both in procedure and in philosophy. These changes are not only of interest to other taxonomists, but have far reaching implications for much of the rest of biology, and they have the potential to reshape a great deal of current biological thought, because taxonomy underpins much of biological methodology. It is not only important that an ethologist. physiologist. biochemist or ecologist can obtain information about the identities of the species which they are investigating; biology is also uniquely dependent on the comparative method and on the need to generalize. Both of these necessitate knowledge of the evolutionary relationships between organisms. and it is the science of taxonomy that can develop testable phylogenetic hypotheses and ultimately provide the best estimates of evolutionary history and relationships.

Download or read book Principles and Methods of Plant Biosystematics written by Otto T. Solbrig and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Principles and Methods of Plant Biosystematics by Otto T Solbrig written by Otto Thomas Solbrig and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Textbook of Biosystematics Theory and Practicals written by T. Pullaiah and published by Regency Publications (India). This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive account on Biosystematics with emphasis on plants. In the introductory chapter the concept of Biosystematics is introduced to the reader. Biosystematic categories are dealt with in the second chapter followed by static and dynamic concepts on plant taxonomy. Concept of population and concept of character are dealt with in chapter 4 and 5. Methods of sampling and processing data is given in the next chapter followed by breeding systems. Chapter 8 deals with methods in Experimental Taxonomy followed by source of Taxonomic characters. Subsequent chapters deal with taximetrics, species concept and Germplasm preservation. Practical Biosystematics is given at the end. The book is profusely illustrated.

Download or read book Principles and Methods of Plant Biosystematics written by O.T. Solbrig and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Principles and Methods of Plant Biosystematics written by Otto Thomas Solbrig and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Principles of Systematic Zoology written by Ernst Mayr and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics written by Clive A. Stace and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise, up-to-date and fully-integrated discussion of present-day plant taxonomy.

Download or read book Principles of Animal Taxonomy written by Ashok Verma and published by Alpha Science International, Limited. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portrays the scientific quest regarding nomenclature, identification, interrelationship of different groups of animals along with different aspects of taxonomy from Linnaeus to present day Aspects related with biodiversity, information retrieval, collection and preservation of animals along with recent trends in animal taxonomy and biosystematics which culminates the description of one of the most interesting phenomenon of zoology. Each chapter contains logically organized, easy to understand contents that provides the reader important aspects of animal taxonomy. It is a complete manual for all biologists especially for those interested in understanding the basic concepts of taxonomy and conservation and management of biodiversity. This book will be invaluagle for undergraduate and postgraduate students of zoology as well as for those aspiring for competitive examination.

Download or read book Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics written by Clive A. Stace and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 1989 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains in general terms the nature of plant taxonomy, using, where appropriate, particular examples but without presupposing knowledge of systematics. This edition incorporates two major developments since the first was published in 1980: the general availability of molecular biological techniques, and secondly, the application of the principles of cladistics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Principles of Plant Systematics written by Hari Prakash Pandey and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In nature subordination of organic beings in groups under groups is an established fact rather than an artifact. As against the abiotic things, the living beings exhibit a state of dynamism due to the influence of infinite evolutionary forces represented in the form of plasticity or variability within and between the groups which demands peculiar flexibility in circumscribing the different categories of taxonomic hierarchy to meet the special requirements of biological classification. This organic plasticity and flexibility demands in the classification has resulted lots of subjective judgments and concepts causing several misconceptions and controversies regarding the taxonomic categories. In this respect the general principles of systematics that constitute the rachis of the subject and soul of taxonomy are of utmost importance and their ignorance will otherwise be like crying in the wilderness. It is gratifying that this volume in such a simple, illustrative and lucid manner is totally committed to clarify the underlying principles of plant systematic with special reference to the current trends in taxonomy and furnishes comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge in the discipline.

Download or read book Plant Systematics written by Michael G. Simpson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant Systematics is a comprehensive and beautifully illustrated text, covering the most up-to-date and essential paradigms, concepts, and terms required for a basic understanding of plant systematics. This book contains numerous cladograms that illustrate the evolutionary relationships of major plant groups, with an emphasis on the adaptive significance of major evolutionary novelties. It provides descriptions and classifications of major groups of angiosperms, including over 90 flowering plant families; a comprehensive glossary of plant morphological terms, as well as appendices on botanical illustration and plant descriptions. Pedagogy includes review questions, exercises, and references that complement each chapter. This text is ideal for graduate and undergraduate students in botany, plant taxonomy, plant systematics, plant pathology, ecology as well as faculty and researchers in any of the plant sciences. The Henry Allan Gleason Award of The New York Botanical Garden, awarded for "Outstanding recent publication in the field of plant taxonomy, plant ecology, or plant geography" (2006) Contains numerous cladograms that illustrate the evolutionary relationships of major plant groups, with an emphasis on the adaptive significance of major evolutionary novelties Provides descriptions and classifications of major groups of angiosperms, including over 90 flowering plant families Includes a comprehensive glossary of plant morphological terms as well as appendices on botanical illustration and plant description