Milestones in SystematicsDavid M. Williams, Peter L. Forey CRC Press, 12 mai 2004 - 312 pages Presenting a historical analysis of the evolution of systematics during the last one hundred years, Milestones in Systematics reviews many of the major issues in systematic theory and practice that have driven the working methods of systematics during the 20th century and looks at the issues most likely to preoccupy systematists in the immediate fu |
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