Biological Systematics provides a critical overview of the state of the
art in biological systematics and presents a broad perspective of the
subject, covering its history, theory and practice. The most improtant
current theoretical issues are reviewed with the emphasis on the species
concept, the methodology of phylogenetic reconstruction and contrasting
views on the relationships between phylogenetics and systematics. A
large part of the book is devoted to a review of the current state of
taxonomy of the main groups, concluding with a discussion of
evolutionary patterns.