To document the world's diversity of species and reconstruct the
tree of life we need to undertake some simple but mountainous
tasks. Most importantly, we need to tackle species rich groups. We
need to collect, name, and classify them, and then position them on
the tree of life. We need to do this systematically across all
groups of organisms and because of the biodiversity crisis we need
to do it quickly. With contributions from key systematic and
taxonomic researchers, Reconstructing the Tree of Life: Taxonomy
and Systematics of Species Rich Taxa outlines the core of the
problem and explores strategies that bring us closer to its
solution.
The editors split the book into three parts: introduction and
general concepts, reconstructing and using the tree of life, and
taxonomy and systematics of species rich groups (case studies).
They introduce, with examples, the concept of species rich groups
and discuss their importance in reconstructing the tree of life as
well as their conservation and sustainable utilization in general.
The book highlights how phylogenetic trees are becoming
"supersized" to handle species rich groups and the methods that are
being developed to deal with the computational complexity of such
trees. It discusses factors that have lead some groups to speciate
to a staggering degree and also provides case studies that
highlight the problems and prospects of dealing with species rich
groups in taxonomy.
To understand species rich taxa, evolution has set scientists a
difficult, but not unattainable, challenge that requires the
meshing together of phylogenetics and taxonomy, considerable
advances in informatics, improved and increased collecting,
training oftaxonomists, and significant financial support. This
book provides the tools and methods needed to meet that
challenge.
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