SYSTEMATICS & TAXONOMY BIBLIOGRAPHY

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The ABC’s of Animal Taxonomy

http://www.pcisys.net/~dlblanc/taxonomy.html

A basic introduction to the biological classification of animals includes Linnaean taxonomy and cladistic taxonomy.

Basics of Cladistic Analysis

http://www.gwu.edu/~clade/faculty/lipscomb/Cladistics.pdf

This 75 page guide is meant to explain cladistic analysis through text and examples.  Basic principles are presented, along with more detailed work with cladograms and multiple trees.

Biological Classifications of Living Things

http://www.aber.ac.uk/education/PGCE/lbm96/

Are you a high school student trying to figure out biological classification?  Try this web site designed for British students.

Careers in Biological Systematics

http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/aspt/asptcar1.htm

How about a career in systematics?  What is systematics?  What kinds of subjects should you major in, how much will you earn?  Answers to these questions, and more, are available through this site.

Classification of Living Things

http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/default.htm

Principles of taxonomy are presented, with an emphasis on humans.

Glossary of Phylogenetic Systematics

http://www.bechly.de/glossary.htm

A glossary of terms used in the study of phylogenetic systematics.

Journey into Phylogenetic Systematics

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/clad/clad4.html

Cladistics are an important tool in the study of systematics.  Find out why in these pages from the Museum of Paleontology.

Mini-lesson: Why Cladistics?

http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/whyclad.html

A lesson plan, including worksheets, for teachers discussing cladistics.  Refers to an article that may be found at many public libraries.

On Taxonomy and Cladistics

http://town.morrison.co.us/dinosaur/tax-clad.html

Links to a variety of pages that explain taxonomy and cladistics in an easy to understand manner.

Systematics – Biological Disciplines

http://www.nbii.gov/disciplines/systematics.html

Link to a variety of web sites that discuss systematics or some aspect of the discipline.

Systematics - The Science & the Collections

http://www.calacademy.org/research/systematics.html

A brief page on why systematics is important, how it’s done, and how it’s used.

Systematics in Prehistory

http://www.anthro.washington.edu/Faculty/FacultyPages/dunnell/BOOK/book.html

Systematics in Prehistory has been placed online.  It discusses the basics of systematics, then focuses further and further down until it reaches classification and grouping in prehistory.

Systematics Servers

http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/systematics.html

Link to a variety of resources related to systematics.

Systematics, Taxonomy & Nomenclature

http://www.biosis.org/zrdocs/zoolinfo/syst_tax.htm

Resources on themes related to systematics and taxonomy.

The Tree of Life

http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html

A large project that uses systematics as its fundamental base. How are things related to each other? View the cladograms to see the details of life on Earth.

The Willi Hennig Society

http://www.cladistics.org/about.html

Pages include a “reasonable explanation of cladistic analysis.”

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BOOKS

Ax, Peter. The Phylogenetic System: The Systematization of Organisms on the Basis of their Phylogenesis. Chichester; New York: Wiley, c1987. Main QH367.5 .A913 1987.

Forey, et al. Cladistics: A Practical Course in Systematics. Oxford [England]: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1993 (1995 printing). Herp QH83 .C485 1993.

Cladistics: The Theory and Practice of Parsimony Analysis. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Main QH83 .C486 1998.

Crisci, Jorge Víctor, Joseph  D. McInerney, and Patricia J. McWethy. Order & Diversity in the Living World: Teaching Taxonomy & Systematics in Schools. Reston, VA: National Association of Biology Teachers, c1993. Main QH83 .C74 1993.

Eldredge, Niles, ed. Systematics, Ecology, and the Biodiversity Crisis. New York: Columbia University Press, c1992. Main QH313 .S97 1992.

Eldredge, Niles and Joel Cracraft. Phylogenetic Patterns and the Evolutionary Process: Method and Theory in Comparative Biology. New York: Columbia University Press, 1980. Osher Lab QH367.5 .E38 1980.

Gee, Henry. In Search of Deep Time: Beyond the Fossil Record to a New History of Life. New York: Free Press, 1999. Pub QE721.2 .S7 G44 1999.

Gee, Henry, ed. Shaking the Tree: Readings from Nature in the History of Life. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, c2000. Pub QH366.2 .S492 2000.

Givnish, Thomas J.  and Kenneth J. Sytsma, eds. Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Main QH83 .M663 1997.

Grande, Lance and Olivier Rieppel, eds. Interpreting the Hierarchy of Nature: From Systematic Patterns to Evolutionary Process Theories. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, c1994. Main QH366.2 .I53 1994.

Hall, Barry G. Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy: A How-to Manual for Molecular Biologists. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer, c2001. Main Serials & Herp QH367.5 .H27 2001.

Harvey, Paul H., ed. New Uses for New Phylogenies. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Main QH367.5 .N48 1996.

Hennig, Willi. Phylogenetic Systematics. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1979. Herp QL351 .H4 1979

Hillis, David M., Craig Moritz, and Barbara K. Mable, eds. Molecular Systematics.  Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, c1996. Main & Osher Lab QH83 .M665 1996.

Humphries, C. J., ed. Ontogeny and Systematics. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. Herp QH491 .O57 1988.

Hawksworth, D. L., ed. Improving the Stability of Names: Needs and Options: Proceedings of an International Symposium, Kew, 20-23 February 1991. Königstein/Taunus, Germany: Published for the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, in conjunction with the International Union of Biological Sciences, and the Systematics Association by Koeltz Scientific, c1991. Bot Serials.

Jamieson, Barrie G. , Juan Ausio, and Jean-Lou Justine, eds. Advances in Spermatozoal Phylogeny and Taxonomy. Paris: Editions du Muséum, 1995. Main QL966 .A38 1995.

Kimbel, William H. and Lawrence B. Martin, eds. Species, Species Concepts, and Primate Evolution. New York: Plenum Press, c1993. M&O QL737 .P9 S69 1993.

Kocher, Thomas D. and Carol A. Stepien, eds. Molecular Systematics of Fishes. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, c1997. Ichthy & Osher Lab QL618.2 .M65 1997.

Lincoln, Roger J. A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Main REF QH540.4 .L56 1983

Margulis, Lynn. Five Kingdoms: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth. New York: W.H. Freeman, c1998. Main REF QH83 .M36 1998.

Mayr, Ernst. Systematics and the Origin of Species. New York: Columbia University Press, c1982. Pub & Herp QL351 .M3 1982.

Minelli, Alessandro. Biological Systematics: The State of Art. London; New York: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Main QH83 .M565 1993.

Nelson, Gareth J. Systematics and Biogeography: Cladistics and Vicariance. New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. Main, IZ&G, & Ichthy QH83 .N45.

Panchen, Alec L. Classification, Evolution, and the Nature of Biology. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Main & Herp QH83 .P35 1992.

Parker, Sybil P. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1982. Main QH83 .S95 vol. 1&2.

Quicke, Donald L. J. Principles and Techniques of Contemporary Taxonomy. London; New York: Blackie Academic & Professional, 1993. Main QH83 .Q53 1993.

Reproductive Biology in Systematics, Conservation and Economic Botany. [Richmond, England]: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1998.  Bot QK825 .R46 1998.

Rice, Dale W. Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Lawrence, KS: Society for Marine Mammalogy, c1998. M&O QL713.2 .R52 1998.

Salthe, Stanley N. Evolving Hierarchical Systems: Their Structure and Representation. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. Main QH83 .S26 1985.

Schuh, Randall T. Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000. Main QH83 .S345 2000.

Scott-Ram, N. R. Transformed Cladistics, Taxonomy, and Evolution. Cambridge, England; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Main QH83 .S36 1990

Sneath, P. H. A. Numerical Taxonomy: The Principles and Practice of Numerical Classification. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, c1973. Main & Herp QH83 .S58 1973.

Stevens, Peter F. The Development of Biological Systematics: Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu, Nature, and the Natural System. New York: Columbia University Press, c1994. Main QH83 .S76 1994.

Swofford, David L. Studies in Numerical Cladistics: Phylogenetic Inference Under the Principle of Maximum Parsimony. 1986. Herp QH371.3 .M37 S96 1986.

Systematics Agenda 2000: Charting the Biosphere: Technical Report. [New York]: Systematics Agenda 2000, [1994]. Biodiv, Biodiv Ref, Main & Herp QH83 .S9832 1994.

Systematics, Evolution, and Ethnobotany of the Flora of Mount Kinabalu: Biodiversity Research and Conservation in Action. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: Sabah Parks, c2001. Bot QK367 .S97 2001

Tudge, Colin. The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures that have Ever Lived. London; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pub QH83 .T84 2000.

Wheeler, Quentin D. and Rudolf Meier, eds. Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: A Debate. New York: Columbia University Press, c2000. Main QH83 .S695 2000.

Wiens, John J., ed. Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Data. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, c2000. Main QH351 .P58 2000.

Wiley, E. O., et al. The Compleat Cladist: A Primer of Phylogenetic Procedures. 2^nd printing. Lawrence, KS: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, [1993]. Main QH83 .C613 1993.

Wiley, E. O. Phylogenetics: The Theory and Practice of Phylogenetic Systematics. New York: Wiley, c1981. Main & Herp QH83  .W55.

Winston, Judith E. Describing Species: Practical Taxonomic Procedure for Biologists. New York: Columbia University Press, c1999. Main, Biodiv REF, & Herp QH83 .W57 1999.

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