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 SystematicDatabases
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
Andrew V. Z. Brower is an Assistant Director of the National
Identification Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, and Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service with the United States
Department of Agriculture. He is also a Research Associate with the
American Museum of Natural History, New York, and the National
Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.
Randall T. Schuh is George T. Willett Curator Emeritus of
Entomology and Professor Emeritus at the American Museum of Natural
History, New York. He is also affiliated, in emeritus status, with
Cornell University and City University of New York.
This lovely book is a godsend to those of us who teach systematics.
I believe that Biological Systematics is the best textbook
currently available for courses focusing on the theory and practice
of cladistics.
*Cladistics*
This is an excellent book. Written by a practicing systematist with
a keen interest in the theoretical development of systematics, it
has a blend of theory and empiricism that results in a very
authoritative treatment. In total, I thoroughly recommend this
book. It demands to be read as much for its readability as its
content.
*Paleontological Association Newsletter*
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