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1. Neotropical Savannas and Seasonally Dry Forests

   Plant Diversity, Biogeography, and Conservation

   Edited by R. Toby Pennington, James A. Ratter

   Series: Systematics Association Special Volumes

   More often than not, when people think of a neotropical forest, what comes to mind is a rain forest, rather than a dry forest. Just as typically, when they imagine a savanna, they visualize the African plains, rather than those dry woodlands and grasslands found in the Neotropics. These same...

   Published May 24th 2006 by CRC Press
2. Homology and Systematics

   Coding Characters for Phylogenetic Analysis

   Edited by Robert Scotland, R. Toby Pennington

   Series: Systematics Association Special Volumes

   Systematists, comparative biologists, taxonomists and evolutionary biologists all concern themselves with the evolutionary relationships between animals and plants. Homology is the principle underlying these disciplines. When looking at groups of organisms, shared positional similarities (...

   Published February 23rd 2000 by CRC Press