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Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: A Debate

Quentin D. Wheeler, Rudolf Meier - Science - 2000 - 256 pages
No question in theoretical biology has been more perennially controversial or perplexing than "What is a species?" Recent advances in phylogenetic theory have called into ...
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Revision of the Genera of Lymexylidae (Coleoptera, Cucujiformia)

Quentin D. Wheeler - Beetles - 1986 - 108 pages
"The world genera of Lymexylidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia: Lymexyloidea) are revised, including descriptions of two new genera. All described species are given generic ...
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Morphology, Shape and Phylogeny

Norman MacLeod, Peter L. Forey - Nature - 2002 - 318 pages
Generally, biologists and mathematicians who study the shape and form of organisms have largely been working in isolation from those who work on evolutionary relationships ...
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Automated Taxon Identification in Systematics: Theory, Approaches and ...

Norman MacLeod - Science - 2007 - 368 pages
The automated identification of biological objects or groups has been a dream among taxonomists and systematists for centuries. However, progress in designing and implementing ...
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The Changing Wildlife of Great Britain and Ireland

David L. Hawksworth - Science - 2003 - 486 pages
Periodic comprehensive overviews of the status of the diverse organisms that make up wildlife are essential to determining trends, threats and future prospects. Just over 25 ...
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Ecology and Behaviour of the African Buffalo: Social Inequality and Decision ...

Herbert Prins, Herbert H. T. Prins - Nature - 1996 - 332 pages
What are the benefits that animals gain from living in a social group? This question has been the primary focus of the author's ecological interest. After many years of ...
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Animal Signals

John Maynard Smith, Dr. David Harper - Nature - 2003 - 184 pages
The reliability of animal signals is a central problem for evolutionary biologists. This text argues that it is maintained in several ways, relevant in different circumstances ...
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Living in Groups

Jens Krause, Graeme D. Ruxton - Nature - 2002 - 228 pages
Shoals, swarms, flocks, herds--group formation is a widespread phenomenon in animal populations. It raises several interesting questions for behavioral ecologists. Why do ...
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