Principles of Angiosperm Taxonomy [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2011] Davis, P.H. - Hardcover

Principles of Angiosperm Taxonomy

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents 1 The Roots of Taxonomy 2 Systematics After Darwin Its Modern Basis 3 The Units of Classification 4 The Concept of Characters 5 Taxonomic Evidence-I 6 Taxonomic Evidence- II 7 Taxonomic Evidence-III 8 Field Herbarium and Library 9 Presentation of Data 10 Modification of the Phenotype 11 Variation Within Populations 12 Populations and the Environment 13 Evolution and the Differentiation of Species 14 Hybridisation and Taxonomy Conclusions Bibliography IndexThe present book aimed at providing advanced students with a comprehensive survey of the subject The absence of such a work has inconvenienced both student and teacher alike Although the expanding horizons of the subject may have proved daunting enough another major factor which must have deterred authors is that few other subjects are so open to serious controversy; on nearly every major topic there are opposing school of thought Two significant developments in taxonomy have unfolded with almost unprecedented rapidity during the last two or three years while this book has been in preparation These are the fields known as numerical taxonomy and chemical taxonomy respectively The literature of taxonomy is the largest in biology and extends back for over two centuries so that our bibliography although extensive covers only a small fraction of the field This book has been prepared as a text to meet the needs as required by under graduate and post graduate students of systematic botany In writing a textbook on principles of taxonomy providing advanced students with a comprehensive survey of the subject 558 pp. Artikel-Nr. 99541

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