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Phylogenetics and Ecology, Volume 17 (Hardcover)
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Phylogenetics and Ecology, Volume 17 (Hardcover)
Series: Linnean Society Symposium
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The relationship between systematics and ecology has recently been
invigorated, and developed a long way from the "old" field of
comparative biology. This change has been two-fold. Advances in
phylogenetic research have allowed explicit phylogenetic hypotheses
to be constructed for a range of different groups of organisms, and
ecologists are now more aware that organism traits are influenced
by the interaction of past and present. This volume discusses the
impact of these modern phylogenetic methods on ecology, especially
those using comparative methods.
Although unification of these areas has proved difficult, a number
of conclusions can be drawn from the text. These include the need
for a "working" bridge between evolutionary biologists using
logic-based cladistic methods and those using probability-based
statistical methods, for care in the selection of tree types for
comparative studies and for systematists to attempt to analyse
ecologically important groups.
Comparative ecologists and systematists need to come together to
develop these ideas further, but this volume presents a very useful
starting point for all those interested in systematics and ecology.
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