Note that there is a revised and updated second edition of this book, by R. T. Schuh and A. V. Z. Brower, 2009, Cornell University Press.

A extremely thick book, where each page is filled with important and useful information. It is above all a very comprehensive work, and a very reliable tool, one of the best I ever read or heard obout in this field, and a mandatory testament to keep in a phylogenist nightstand.

Review: Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications

On cladistics. Tough read and for a very specialized audience, but very good on the history of and debates on taxonomy. Read full review