Assembling the Tree of Life

Assembling the Tree of Life
ISBN-10
0199729603
ISBN-13
9780199729609
Category
Science
Pages
592
Language
English
Published
2004-07-22
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Michael J. Donoghue, Joel Cracraft

Description

This edited volume is provides an authoritative synthesis of knowledge about the history of life. All the major groups of organisms are treated, by the leading workers in their fields. With sections on: The Importance of Knowing the Tree of Life; The Origin and Radiation of Life on Earth; The Relationships of Green Plants; The Relationships of Fungi; and The Relationships of Animals. This book should prove indispensable for evolutionary biologists, taxonomists, ecologists interested in biodiversity, and as a baseline sourcebook for organismic biologists, botanists, and microbiologists. An essential reference in this fundamental area.

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