Cladistics

Cladistics aims to reconstruct genealogies based on common ancestry, thus revealing the phylogenetic relationships between taxa. Its applications vary from lingusitic analysis to the study of conservation and biodiversity, and it has become a method of choice for comparative studies in all fields of biology. This new edition of "Cladistics" - first published in 1922 - reflects the many changes and developments which have taken place in the field. It provides an account of the techniques and methods of modern cladistics and how to put them into practice.