Scientific Publishers | principles-systematic-zoology

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This text is intended for senior or postgraduate courses in systematics, particularly animal taxonomy. Practical suggestions for taxonomic practice are included and explanations of the basic concepts of taxonomy are emphasized as well as the definition of traditional terms used in taxonomy. The treatment of taxonomy is in two parts. Part A is devoted to microtaxonomy and Part B is devoted to macrotaxonomy. There is a new chapter on the methods of numerical taxonomy, and an extensive treatment of the new approaches in taxonomy synopsis may belong to another edition of this title.

The Science of Taxonomy
1. Principles of Zoological Classification
The Species Category; The Polytypic Species; Population Systematics and Infraspecific Categories; Theories of Biological Classification and the Higher Taxa
2. Methods of Zoological Classification
Taxonomic Collections and the Process of Identification; Taxonomic Characters; The Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Variation; Taxonomic Decisions on the Species level; The Procedure of Classifying; Taxonomic Publication
3. Principles and Application of Zoological Nomenclature
The Rules of Zoological Nomenclature; Interpretation of the Rules of Nomenclature

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