Author: Hawksworth, D.L., edfitor:
Title: Prospects in Systematics
Description: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1988. orig.cloth. 24x16cm, xx, 457 pp, Series: The Systematics Association, Special Volume no. 36. [Proceedings of an International Symposium,Lond. Textual graphs & tables. Minor rubbing, slight page-edge soil, VG. ¶ Contains 25 papers. Includes: D.L.Hawksworth & F.A.Bisby "Systematics:The Keystone of Biology"; E. Mayr "Recent Historical Developments"; H.H. Heywood "The Structure of Systematics"; C. Patterson "The Impact of Evolutionary Theories on Systematics"; M.F. Claridge "Species Concepts & Speciation in Parasites"; J. Felsenstein "The Detection of Phylogeny"; A. Hallam "The Contribution of Palaeontology to Systematics & Evolution"; G.A.Dover "The New Genetics"; J.P.W.Young "The Estimation of Protein & Nucleic Acid Homologies"; A. Ferguson "Isozyme Studies & their Interpretation"; K. A. Joysey "Some Implications of the Revolution in Molecular Biology"; J.G. Duckett "Electron Microscopy in Systematics: Genesis & Revelations"; J.C. Gower "Numerical Techniques as an Aid to Objectivity"; P.H.A.Sneath "The Phenetic & Cladistic Approaches"; F.A. Bisby "Communications in Taxonomy"; L. Watson, et al: "Automated Taxonomic Descriptions"; S.G. Dextre Clarke " The Uses & Future of Bibliographic Database Systems"; R. Allkin " Taxonomically Intelligent Database Programs";W.D.L.Ride "Towards a Unified System of Biological Nomenclature"; R.D. Nolan "Exploitation of Taxonomic Databases in Selective Isolation Programmes"; B. Pickersgill "The Needs of Plant Breeding, Agriculture, & Horticulture for Infraspecific Classifications"; R. Muller & J.R. Baker " The Demands of Medicine & Veterinary Science"; P.T. Haskell & P.J. Morgan "User Needs in Systematics & Obstacles to their Fulfilment"; R.J. Berry " Systematics in the Education of Biologists"; L. Margulis "Systematics:The

Keywords: Biological Classification, Systematics, Taxonomical, Taxonomic, Nomenclature, Biology, Taxonomy, Identification,