Principles of Systematic Zoology

Download or read book Principles of Systematic Zoology written by Ernst Mayr and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.